PERU GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES ROUNDTABLE GROUP TO BOOST DOMESTIC BACKWARD LINKAGES, FOCUSING ON ALPACA
February 1st, 2020
THE PERUVIAN government has created a textile and clothing industry roundtable group that has been charged with forging backward linkages delivering a comprehensive domestic supply chain from fibre to fabric, that will reduce costs for the country’s apparel sector. Currently imports significant volumes of yarn and cotton, increasing expenses for the clothing sector.
A key priority for the new group, which first met in January, is to strengthen the Peruvian processing of alpaca fibres into yarn and fabric, working with alpaca production cooperatives, with the ...
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