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Myanmar becomes a top-20 apparel supplier to the EU

21/01/2016
In new figures released by industry body Euratex, the European Union’s results for textiles and apparel in the first nine months of 2015 showed an increase, of 0.5% and 1.5% respectively, and employment in the sector went up slightly too.

However, imports from outside the EU showed much greater increases over the same period, with a rise of 8.9% in textiles and of 10.6% in apparel in terms of value.

Over the nine-month period, China recorded a 7.4% increase in the value of its clothing exports to the EU at €23 billion. In second place, Bangladesh recorded a 24.5% increase and there were strong upturns for Cambodia (31%), Pakistan (26%), Vietnam (25%) and India (11%). With a 75% increase, Myanmar is now part of the top-20 EU’s clothing suppliers.


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