China’s woes shared by Thai garment makers

By THE NATION

 

 

The COVID-19 outbreak has been hampering the clothing industry for two months, the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association's president said.

 

“Manufacturers have been unable to deliver their products on time because of the scarcity of materials coming from China, such as lace fabrics and buttons,” Yuttana Silpsarnvitch, the association’s president, said on Wednesday (February 25).

 

Advance orders from the past six or seven months would normally have been filled in January or February, he said, but they’re instead being delayed into March and April.

 

“We currently expect production to be back to normal by June,” Yuttana said, adding that orders are increasingly coming from the United States, Europe and Japan – customers who previously bought from China.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382905

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

“We currently expect production to be back to normal by June,” Yuttana said, adding that orders are increasingly coming from the United States, Europe and Japan – customers who previously bought from China.

All good alternate choices. Perhaps in the future, they'd be wise to spread their business around instead of "putting all their eggs in the Chinese basket".

(Read between the lines please. I don't want to be accused of attempting to derail the thread.)

Hogwash !

 

Can get 10 million Chinese tourists - still coming according to TAT figures today - but cannot get cloth ? 

13 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Hogwash !

 

Can get 10 million Chinese tourists - still coming according to TAT figures today - but cannot get cloth ? 

Can not get various apparel components because the supply chain has been interrupted by factory closures due to virus in China.