MALAYSIA ACTIVELY MOVING AWAY FROM LOW END TEXTILES TO HIGH END TECHNICAL TEXTILES
February 1st, 2017
MALAYSIA’S mature textile industry is keen to re-define its position - moving away from making low-end products to higher value-added goods. Creating a niche export market for highly-priced technical textiles is a priority, a government official has told WTiN.com.
“Our textile industry is competitive and there is no need to compete with Asian countries on low value-added products,” a spokesman for Malaysia’s ministry of international trade and investment (MITI) told WTiN.com. A lot of research has also been undertaken on technical textiles within the ...
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