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Facts on Thailand’s Garment Industry - Factsheet Thailand

The factsheet provides a general overview of the structure, framework conditions and challenges of the textile industry in Thailand. It deals with the following elements:

  • Key statistics
  • Background of Thailand
  • Biggest issues in Thailand’s Garment Industry
  • General economic data
  • Producing factories, traders and retailers
  • exports
  • imports
  • Local dependency on Garments/textile export
  • Turnover/profit
  • Investment figures
  • GSP
  • Cotton
  • Workers
  • Trade Unions
  • Overview of Relevant Labour Laws, International Law and Implementation
  • Other regulations on the living conditions of workers
  • The social insurance law
  • Housing arrangements
  • Child care arrangements
  • Medical facilities
  • Food arrangements
  • Living Wage vs Minimum Wage

Scope: 11 pages
Reference: free of charge for download at the CC-Campaign.