UNIDO INDIA PUNJAB KNITTING CLUSTER SUPPORT
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has released details of how it helped a cluster of Indian knitwear producers deal with liberalisation following India's accession to the World Trade Organisation. The knitwear industry of Ludhiana, the Punjab, was helped to cope with a skilled worker shortage, a limited product range and excess reliance on a domestic market that was no longer protected. UNIDO helped create an Apparel Exporters' Association of Ludhiana (APPEAL), which pushes sales in overseas trade fairs. It also ...
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