Ethiopia Textile Industry Meets Development Opportunities In The International Market

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< p > according to the data released by the Ethiopia textile industry development department, the export volume of the textile and clothing industry in the first three quarters of the 2013~2014 fiscal year (beginning in July 8, 2013) was US $84 million, an increase of US $9 million 800 thousand over the same period last year.

Germany, Turkey, Italy, Sultan, China and the United States are their main export destinations.

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< p > in recent years, the export performance of Ethiopia's textile industry has increased year by year, and its average annual growth rate has increased by 51% over the past 6 years.

According to the planning of Ethiopia textile development department, the textile and garment industry of this country will achieve export volume of US $250 million in the financial year.

Therefore, although this figure is higher than the same period last year, it is still far below the target export volume this year.

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< p > Ethiopia intends to build itself into the next source country of the world garment industry.

At present, there are 60 garment factories and 15 textile factories in Ethiopia, and Ethiopia industry minister TadesseHaile said.

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< p > now, with the increasing interest of the international market in Ethiopia's long history of textile industry, some large multinational companies begin to invest in the country.

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< p > this also provides opportunities for the development of some small textile and garment companies in the region. Salem 's is one of them. The company currently employs only 14 textile workers.

"This is definitely an era of change," said SalemKassahun, head of the company. "Now, we are not only producing the" a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" clothing "/a" worn by the older generation, but also producing clothes for the younger generation. Of course, we also produce clothes that the world needs. "

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Last week, P just exported 700 scarves to a London company.

This is the second export order of the company. She hopes this order can become a long-term order.

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< p > according to Salem, five years ago, people were not interested in Ethiopia textile industry, but over the past three years, orders from abroad increased steadily.

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Producers in Ethiopia also agree with P.

FassilTadese, President of MAA clothing and textile company, pointed out that with the increasing interest in Ethiopia in the international market, more and more buyers came to Ethiopia.

MAA is located in the northern part of the city of Ethiopia, where there are 1500 employees. Nearly 90% of the workers are women, and the knitted garments produced are exported to Europe and the United States.

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< p > Fassil pointed out that the arrival of garment accessories and printing and dyeing producers helped Ethiopia enrich the industrial chain and increase the source of raw materials.

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P recently, Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, announced that it would buy more clothes from Ethiopia.

H&M, the world's second largest clothing retailer, has also been looking for opportunities to make garments in Ethiopia.

Kaljohn Persson, chief executive of H&M, said in an interview with the media: "we have started small-scale production in Ethiopia. Now we are mainly looking at the results. If the effect is good, we are very willing to further expand production here."

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< p > > a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_p.asp" > "/a" > high yield of cotton. The government has encouraged the domestic textile and garment industry to restrict the export of cotton, and there are still millions of hectares of land suitable for planting cotton in an undeveloped state.

In terms of labour force, Ethiopia has a population of about 90 million, with a large proportion of the population under the age of 30, and its population is expected to double in the next 20 years.

These favorable factors boosted the development of Ethiopia's textile industry.

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In the face of the influx of foreign enterprises, Fassil believes that there is no need to worry that this will squeeze the interests of local manufacturers, P.

The huge textile market means that there is still enough room for development.

At the same time, he believes that competition will enhance productivity and technology upgrading.

"So we welcome investment from all over the world."

He said.

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< p > piecework wage in textile mills, which means that the wages of workers are different.

According to the introduction, skilled textile workers in Ethiopia earn about 2000 Bill (US $110) a month, but skilled workers earn about 1500 Bill (US $81).

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< p > for Salem, employees always want to raise their salaries to make her feel quite stressed.

In addition, a small company like her is not easy to get loans.

Banks prefer to lend money to companies with both design and production capabilities, but at present, her company still does not possess this capability.

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< p > Salem built another factory near the factory, where she plans to employ twelve textile workers to expand production.

However, it is too early to decide to expand production.

"Although more and more companies are making inquiries, we are still waiting to see whether these enquiries can really turn into orders."

Salem said.

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< p > even if she receives these orders, she knows that in the fiercely competitive international market, we need to work harder, and every order must be delivered on time.

"You must strive to be perfect," Salem said.

"Our mode of thinking must be adapted to the international market."

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