The Apparel Industry In Sri Lanka Is Based On Ethical Procurement.

Sri Lanka's clothing industry plans to position itself as the hub of South Asia and at the same time high.

Kurt Cavano, chief executive of Tradecard, said at the South Asia clothing Leadership Forum: "there are fast service industries in the fashion industry.

Cavano also stressed that the number of brands and retailers that have been reduced to the number of Chinese purchases due to the increase in procurement costs in China, though not completely divorced from China, is looking for other places to balance production.

This provides a good opportunity for Sri Lanka and other countries.

Gwyn Williams, regional director of Next Sourcing, said that its business in China has dropped by 10% this year, while its business in South Asia has increased by 24-25%, mostly in Bangladesh, but 10% of its purchases are in Sri Lanka.

At the same time, Sri Lanka and Maldives's UNOPS, Rohantha Athukorala, said that as the country becomes the center of South Asia, its industrial exports will increase from $3 billion 400 million to $5 billion over the next 3 years.

He said: "yesterday's emphasis was on environmental protection, and today it is lean production and moral standards, and tomorrow is the center of Sri Lanka."

According to Linda Speldewinde, managing director of the Colombo School of design, Sri Lanka, design will become an important part of it.

She said: "the industry is becoming more and more organized, developing towards the center of positioning, and design has also played an important role."

"The future direction is design, and we are trying to support the industry and the government."

At the same time, although Sri Lanka's clothing industry is focused on building itself into a moral sourcing destination, Ashroff Omar, the chief executive of garment manufacturer Brandix, said that the industry could not be "unrealistic" and the industry still needed to make profits.

He said, "can we quote a higher price for our environmental protection? I think the strength of the market is decisive."

"Now we can't.

The buyer's market is very difficult, so they will not pay 10% more for your environmental protection unless the consumer is willing to pay more.

He added, however, that buyers can do more to distinguish suppliers from environmental protection and non environmental production.

He also said that there is still a lot of work to do to convey environmental information to the end consumers.

He said, "I don't think we have a good message of environmental protection."

He added: "the community knows that we are environmentally friendly, but consumers do not know.

We still have work to do. "