Asia-Pacific garment industry takes a big hit from Covid-19: ILO


DHAKA (Xinhua):The International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday that the COVID-19 crisis has hit the garment sector in the Asia-Pacific region hard, with plummeting retail sales in key export markets affecting workers and enterprises throughout supply chains.

A new research from the Geneva-based UN agency assessed impact of the COVID-19 crisis on supply chains, factories and workers in 10 major garment-producing countries of the region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

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