TUNISIA’S GARMENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPS POST-COVID NEAR-SHORING STRATEGY
June 2nd, 2020
Tunisia’s textile and clothing industry association, the FTTH (Fédération tunisienne du textile-habillement) has commissioned a report on the impact of Covid-19 on this outsourcing centre, including policy options to enable its companies to recover. It will work with the Middle East and north African wing of the Global Textiles and Clothing Programme (GTEX/MENATEX) over two months to generate a post-pandemic plan.
Nacer Bouyahia, the national coordinator for GTEX MENATEX Tunisia, part of the UN’s International Trade Centre, said
the study will “scan the ...
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