Sri Lanka's Major Export And Foreign Exchange Apparel Industry Is In Crisis.

In the near future Sri Lanka The garment industry, which is an important export earning industry, is in crisis. As many buyers transferred their orders to GSP, such as Bangladesh and other underground orders, the number of garment producers in Sri Lanka declined significantly, and foreign-funded garment enterprises withdrew their capital or transferred their factories to local businesses. At present, the number of garment factories in the country has decreased from 2000 in the prime period to about 250.

L clothing industry is the largest in Sri Lanka. Exit The industry has a population of about 1 million. 2011 in the fiscal year, Sri Lanka's exports amounted to US $8 billion 700 million, of which apparel exports amounted to US $3 billion 500 million, accounting for 41%. The Sri Lanka garment industry was favored by foreign investors in the early days by virtue of its quota advantage of exporting to the United States, as well as its relatively low quality and high quality workforce. In 2005, Sri Lanka owned more than 2000 garment factories including foreign-funded enterprises. After the 2008 Asian tsunami, the European Union also offered preferential treatment for GSP+ in Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lanka's Export Promotion Bureau, it has been 5 years since 2005, and Sri Lanka's clothing exports have exceeded 3 billion dollars.

Since the beginning of 2010, the EU has granted preferential policies to the Sri Lanka's GSP, and the garment industry has suffered losses. The recent downturn in the European market, cotton The increase in polyester prices, the increase in freight rates, the fluctuation of exchange rates, and the competition of other countries using the GSP plus preferential policies to compete with Sri Lanka make the Sri Lanka garment industry worse. Local garment makers said that Sri Lanka did not have any fabric and garment accessories manufacturers, and the related products, printing and dyeing equipment and computer embroidery equipment all relied on imports. The production capacity of garment enterprises also faced great challenges. The Sri Lankan economy was dominated by plantation economy, and the main crops were tea, rubber, coconut and rice. The industrial foundation is weak, mainly in agricultural products and garment processing industry. Take the lead in implementing the policy of economic liberalization in South Asian countries. In 1978, we began to implement the policy of economic openness, vigorously attract foreign investment, promote privatization, and gradually form a pattern of market economy. In recent years, the economy has been growing at medium speed. In 2005-2007 years, the national economic growth rate has exceeded 6% for three consecutive years, the first time since independence.

The whole country is divided into 9 provinces and 25 counties. The 9 provinces are western provinces, central provinces, southern provinces, northwest provinces, northern provinces, north central provinces, eastern provinces, UVA and Saba Raja Mu Wa provinces. Industries are mainly textile, clothing, leather, food, beverages, tobacco, paper making, wood, chemical, petroleum processing, rubber, plastics and metal processing, and machine assembly industries, most of which are concentrated in Colombo.