10 years of decline in the Apparel Industry

[Tuff Gong]

Mon May 15, 2006
Another decline for apparel industry

There is more worrying news coming from the local apparel industry.
Data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica, PIOJ, show the sector suffered its 10th year of decline in 2005.

Total earnings from apparel exports continued to nose-dive with exports falling by 82 percent to 37 million US dollars.

During the year, the 807 garment programme ceased operations.

The PIOJ says the fall-off continued despite initiatives to aid the industry such as the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.

It's reported that the industry was also affected by the cessation of apparel exports to the United States and Europe by two key exporters due to high operational costs.

Apparel exports to the US and Europe fell by 50 percent and 98 percent respectively.

Another decline for apparel industry

[evanovitch]

Re: 10 years of decline in the Apparel Industry

was not the industry driven by Asian investors...so now dat trade open up wid China, it goes widdout saying dat dem use dem own workers and factories...can misuse an abuse dem wid no compunction

i watched a documentary on the factories there...the workers live on the compound in segregated dorms, men/women....

dem get to go home once a year....dem get disciplined fi every likkle ting...di bass treat dem like pickney...dem cyan chat ,do nutten...no romance even off the clock

an den u wan to see the operators of the factories....their lifestyle compared to the workers....communism is juss a word fi real....

even Hanes etc pulled their contracts from yaad [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Tuff Gong]

Re: 10 years of decline in the Apparel Industry

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was not the industry driven by Asian investors...so now dat trade open up wid China, it goes widdout saying dat dem use dem own workers and factories...can misuse an abuse dem wid no compunction

i watched a documentary on the factories there...the workers live on the compound in segregated dorms, men/women....

dem get to go home once a year....dem get disciplined fi every likkle ting...di bass treat dem like pickney...dem cyan chat ,do nutten...no romance even off the clock

an den u wan to see the operators of the factories....their lifestyle compared to the workers....communism is juss a word fi real....

even Hanes etc pulled their contracts from yaad [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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That not the reason, Jamaica is just a tough place to operate.