MACEDONIA LOOKS TO EXPAND ITS CLOTHING AND TEXTILE EXPORT REACH

THE MACEDONIAN government has embarked on a new expansion strategy for its textile and clothing sector as it looks to grow its exports to the European Union (EU) and other global markets. Saso Despotoski, head of textiles and clothing at the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce, told just-style that Skopje is aiming to shift the emphasis of country’s industry towards manufacturing its own original products. He said that 95% of Macedonia’s clothing and textile manufacturing is currently CMT (cut, make and trim) production."We currently work primarily with leading EU ...


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