Businesses encouraged to find niche in garment-making
Thursday 4 March 2021
Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, right, and TT Manufacturers Association president Franka Costelloe, left, tour Janouras Custom Design Limited in Chaguanas with chairman and managing director George Janoura on Wednesday. - Angelo Marcelle
Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is encouraging more businesses to get into the garment construction industry.
Gopee-Scoon spoke to the media during a short tour of Janouras uniform factory in Chaguanas on Wednesday afternoon, when she challenged more citizens to find a niche in the sector.
“We re very pleased about this industry and what Janouras has done over the years in terms of the training and also in terms of the infusion of technology into the process of garment manufacturing, and of course with the exports as well – to the extent where now I understand that they are net exporters, so that they are exporting 40 to 45 per cent of what they produce here.”