China: Zero-Tolerance COVID Policy Stretches Thin Textile and Apparel Industries

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2022-0061

A recent industry survey in one of China’s leading provinces for textile and apparel manufacturing highlights the negative impact of the PRC’s zero-tolerance COVID policy in the world’s largest cotton market and area economy. According to survey results, production estimates are down, costs are higher, and deliveries are delayed.

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