SRI LANKA SEEKS GLOBAL NICHE AS QUALITY KNITWEAR PRODUCER
November 2nd, 2013
THE SRI Lanka knitwear industry Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has been pushing the island’s government for reforms to help the sector continue its current growth. Tuli Cooray, secretary general of the Sri Lanka Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) told Knitting International: “Last year from our total exports, the knitwear amounted to almost 47 per cent, a sharp increase from a share of 34 per cent in 2002. Going by the present trend of orders we are seeing, the knitwear sector has the sector with the highest potential.”The JAAF has been ...
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