TYPHOON-HIT PHILIPPINE GARMENT INDUSTRY HOPES FOR SPEEDY PRIVILEGED TRADE ACCESS TO EU AND US
November 3rd, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on November 10, has destroyed numerous small-sized sewing factories in the Visayas, the country’s central islands.“Our subcontractors there have all been wiped out”, said Robert M Young, president of the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP). “Two days ago, we had a telephone conference with local officials in the region and were told that even the sewing machines were destroyed.” Young elaborated that these hard-hit sewing factories typically run 10 to 15 sewing machines only.Of course, ...
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