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Asia apparel groups push for better buyers
Thu, 21 January 2021
In a show of solidarity, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) joined forces with eight competing Asian textile and garment lobby groups to demand better purchasing practices in an industry wrestling with Covid-19 production and supply chain disruptions.
The Sustainable Textile of the Asian Region (STAR) Network is the first inter-Asian network of producer associations of the textile and garment industry, which came together on January 12, marking the start of a new initiative, STAR Network said in a January 18 press statement.
Textile bodies join hands across Asia
Collaboration aimed at better purchasing practices in textile, garment industry
PHOTO: AFP
Major textile exporters of Pakistan have formed an association with their counterparts from other Asian nations in an effort to remove the obstacles hindering swift export of textile.
“Asian producer associations are joining forces for better purchasing practices in the textile and garment industry,” said a statement issued by the Sustainable Textile of Asian Region (STAR) Network, the first intra-Asian network of producer associations of textile and garment industry.
Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA), Pakistan Towel Manufacturers Association (PTMA) and Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) are collaborating with textile exporters from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Vietnam.