TUNISIAN GARMENT INDUSTRY FIGHTS RED TAPE TO OPEN NEW FACTORIES
May 1st, 2021
Despite government red-tape, Tunisian garment and denim companies looking to expand production away from Tunisia’s traditional industrial hubs, into lower cost more rural and remote regions.
Tunisia’s textile and garment manufacturing has been especially focused on coastal towns of Monastir and Sfax, creating labour supply and cost challenges. As a result, the CEO and founder of workwear garment producers Walkman Group, Tarek Haj Ben Ali, whose company is based in Sousse, north of Monastir, welcomed that “the government has offered incentives to open new ...
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