Some Chinese Garment Factories Pfer To Kampuchea: Pain And Happiness

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< p > Kampuchea is famous for its low wages.

The clothing industry is a relatively thin profit industry, which is highly dependent on cheap labor.

In recent years, with the rising wage level in China, many garment factories have moved to Kampuchea and have taken root there.

Taiwan kunzhou clothing company has even successfully listed in Kampuchea, becoming a successful example of Cambodia foreign clothing company.

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< p > however, in Kampuchea, < a > clothing > /a > enterprises also encounter many problems: workers are constantly demonstrating, and calls for raising the minimum wage are all over the wave. Even if the garment enterprises temporarily compromise and raise the minimum wage level, but after some time, the call for higher pay will ring again.

In January this year, a conflict broke out in Kampuchea due to wage disputes, and four workers were killed in the clashes.

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< p > < strong > the Taiwanese garment factory invested in Cambodia successfully listed "/strong > < /p >

< p > Hugo net reported from Kampuchea's Phnom Penh Post in June 13th that GTI, a clothing manufacturer, expressed its intention to go public two years ago.

In May 29th of this year, kunzhou company was finally listed, becoming the second listed company in Kampuchea, and also the first publicly listed private enterprise.

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< p > Kampuchea's first "a href=" http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp "listing" /a "is the state-run Phnom Penh Water Supply Corporation, and kunzhou company has become the second listed company to issue for the first time at a price of $2.41 per share.

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The P garment factory is located in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, capital of Kampuchea. It employs 5600 employees to make sportswear for famous brands such as Adidas and Reebok.

Kunzhou company is a Taiwanese funded enterprise and entered Kampuchea in 1997.

When it first arrived, the company leased a local organization in the Canadian Industrial Park and moved to the factory in 2006 after a step by step expansion.

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After the first issue of a > stock < /a > financing, Kunqu company will implement two expansion projects, and the number of employees will increase by 2300. P

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< p > it is understood that the monthly salary, turnover compensation and working conditions provided by kunzhou company are better than the average level of peers.

Srun Thida has worked in kunzhou garment factory for more than 8 years.

"My monthly salary is about 240 dollars, plus some bonus," she said.

The wages in the factory depend on the level of your position and your work skills.

If you learn faster and produce more quality clothing in a short time, you can raise your salary by 10-30 dollars every 6 or 1 years. "

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< p > kunzhou garment factory produces 650 thousand garments per month. The production order in the factory is very regular: the design is first pferred from the clothing brand of ADI and Reebok to the factory, and the factory designers immediately use the computer and related equipment to play out the template. Then a piece of cloth is cut into blocks according to the design plan and then pferred to 53 sewing production lines.

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Thida, a sewing woman worker, said: "compared with other factories, the work discipline of kunzhou garment factory is stricter." P

Employees are not allowed to answer calls during work and must concentrate on their work.

However, the factory will not rush you to do more work, but if the workers do more work, they will be rewarded by the factory.

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< p > although the labor wage of a > /a > is higher than the average level of its peers, some analysts are still wondering about their post listing wage situation, because at present workers still negotiate with the factory to raise the minimum wage. In January this year, the problem led to a conflict between workers and police.

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Douglas Clayton, CEO of P Leopard capital, said: "the clothing industry is a thin profit industry which is very dependent on cheap labor.

The minimum wage in Kampuchea is rising. Now it has reached $100 per month, and it will increase more in the future.

In this case, there is still doubt about how long the company wants to stay here. "

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< p > at present, two brands of Adidas and Reebok digest the costumes of 80% of kunzhou garments company.

If factories encounter workers' demonstrations similar to those in January this year, once the Adidas and Reebok have put pressure on them, kunzhou will face a very passive situation.

It is understood that 4 demonstrators were killed by the police during the demonstrations broke out in January.

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< p > < strong > part of the garment factories in China are pferred to Kampuchea < /strong > /p >

< p > because of the increase of wage level in China, the cost of manufacturing industry has generally increased, and some garment factories have moved from China to Kampuchea and other countries with lower labor costs.

In recent years, the number of new garment factories in Kampuchea has gradually increased, which has promoted the growth of clothing exports. Meanwhile, the import of clothing equipment and raw materials in Kampuchea is also increasing year by year.

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< p > Kampuchea Garment Association said: "we not only see that the number of customers buying clothes is increasing, but the number of new garment factories is also increasing. Many factories need imported equipment and clothing raw materials.

The growth of Kampuchea's clothing industry has benefited from the rise of the minimum wage level in other countries to a certain extent. This is especially evident in China.

The direct result is that some factories have been pferred from abroad to Kampuchea.

We will probably receive 10 to 15 new factories every month, and at least four or five factories will become our members every month.

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Most of the clothing and footwear raw materials imported from Kampuchea are imported from Asian countries, especially from P, China, Japan and Korea.

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< p > clothing industry is the most important industry in Kampuchea, accounting for a major share of its national income. Clothing accounts for 80% of its exports.

Most of the garment factories in Kampuchea do simple processing. Almost all garment factories are foreign invested. Investors are mainly in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hongkong and Mainland China.

Kampuchea garment factories are mainly concentrated in Phnom Penh and Sihanouk, and the accessories are basically imported from China.

At present, Kampuchea garment factory has the technological level of water washing, nail bead, tie dyeing, embroidery and so on, but the dyeing and finishing ability is not yet available.

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< p > < strong > minimum wage is rising continuously < /strong > < /p >.

< p > in January this year, clothing workers went on strike because of wage problems, and the conflict between workers and government security departments intensified, or the clothing orders in 2014 dropped to around 20%-30%.

During the demonstration of clothing workers, the army fired at the workers, killing at least four workers.

Workers asked for a minimum wage of $160, while the minimum wage is only $60.

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< p > international famous clothing brands such as H&M, Gap, Levi 's and Adidas have many factories in Kampuchea.

When the labour dispute happened in Kampuchea, the famous international brands appealed to all parties to settle the wage disputes peacefully.

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< p > Hugo Xiaobian thinks that labor dispute is an old proposition.

With the rapid development of the garment industry in Kampuchea, the treatment of garment workers is still at a standstill. The living standard is low, and the workers are suppressed for a long time.

However, the situation in Kampuchea will not be as serious as Bangladesh's turmoil and spread less widely.

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