Lao-made clothes struggle to penetrate export market
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Some of the clothing made in Laos has proved unattractive to export markets due to sub-standard quality, while garment makers mainly focus on the domestic market for sales.
“The clothes we make target consumers in Vientiane and the provinces. We’re not planning to produce for export yet because if we do we will have to buy more sophisticated machinery and improve the skills of our workers, which will cost a lot of money,” said the owner of a garment business in Vientiane, Ms Souphalith Chanthaluanglath.
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