UKRAINIAN GARMENT AND TEXTILE SECTOR FIGHTS ON DESPITE RUSSIAN INVASION
September 30th, 2022
Ukraine’s textile and clothing manufacturing sector has been devastated by Russia’s invasion of its country from February 24, with an industry already suffering from economic weaknesses being hit hard by war.
The country’s light industry production, including textile, clothing, leather, and other materials, contracted by some 12.4% in 2019, according to Ukrlegprom, the Ukrainian Association of Enterprises of the Textile and Leather Industry) (1). During the Covid-19 pandemic, the sector had limited growth, but not enough to offset losses from previous ...
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