Asean emerging as key textiles hub: industry body

Garment workers at a factory in Kandal's Ang Snoul district earlier this year. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Asean region is collectively emerging as a major global supplier of textile-related goods, in a market traditionally dominated by mainland China and other players, according to Asean Federation of Textile Industries (AFTEX) chairman Albert Tan.

Tan, who is also deputy chairman of Cambodian AFTEX member Textile, Apparel, Footwear and Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC), was speaking at the AFTEX 49th Council Meeting and 47th Plenary Session in Siem Reap, held from June 1-2.