In The First Half Of 08 Years, Sales Of Textile And Clothing Industry In Czech Dropped By 14%.

In the first half of 2008, sales of textiles and clothing industry in Czech dropped by nearly 14% compared with the same period last year, and sales were less than 22 billion krona, according to data from the Czech textile and Garment Industry Association (ATOK) in Czech.

This result is greatly influenced by the stability of Czech kronor.

Rising energy prices also have a negative impact.

It is not the high number of orders that can increase the company's profits, said the Czech textile garment and leather industry association.

In the first half of this year, sales of clothing products in Czech dropped by about 20% to 3 billion 700 million kronor in Czech, and sales of textiles dropped by about 13% to 21 billion 700 million Krona in Czech.

In the textile and clothing industry, the number of companies with more than 20 employees dropped by about 8% compared to the same period last year, to 52500.

The number of workers in the textile and clothing sector in Czech has been declining for a long time.

In early 2005, Czech's textile and clothing companies employed 70 thousand workers.

Czech's textile industry employs 35500 workers, down 7% compared to the same period last year.

The number of staff in the clothing industry has dropped by nearly 10% to 17000.

In the first half of this year, the average monthly salary of textile and garment companies was about 14600 Czech kroner, an increase of 7% over the same period last year.

The average wage of textile companies is about 15700 kronor in Czech, and the average garment industry is more than 3000 kronor in Czech.