TAIWAN’S TEXTILE FINISHING SECTOR GOING GREEN FOR GROWTH
January 1st, 2014
BY JENS KASTNER, in Taipei THE TAIWAN textile dyeing and finishing sectors have never quite recovered from the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) abolition of global textile quotas in 2005. It resulted in the closure of many stand-alone units by making their labour-intensive manufacturing processes on the relatively wealthy island uncompetitive. However, in recent years, the situation has stabilised. According to Taiwan’s Textile Printing and Dyeing & Finishing Industrial Association (TPDFIA), the number of dyeing and finishing enterprises that are ...
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