NEW TEXTILE CLUSTER AIMS TO HALT ILLEGAL TRADE IN RUSSIAN CRIMEA PENINSULA
February 1st, 2018
A NEW multi-million dollar textile and clothing manufacturing hub is set to be established within the Crimea as a pressing Russian government priority to halt the annexed region's trade in illegal textile products, according to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Boosting domestic textile production – initially in garment fabrics and subsequently technical textiles – is aimed in part to depress demand for illicit goods in the peninsular, predominantly from China and Turkey. Some of their exporters have continued to supply the area despite all but humanitarian ...
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