Video: The Emerging Clothing Industry in Myanmar Jetzt Video mit Youtube -Cookies laden Video laden The global clothing industry is booming! Since 2000, it has more than doubled. Around one hundred billion garments are produced each year, most of them in China, Bangladesh and India. A relatively new production site is Myanmar. Since the end of the military dictatorship, the country has experienced rapid economic growth. Especially in the textile industry. Today, there are about 700 factories, mostly owned by Chinese owners, and employ around 600,000 workers. Khin Nilar Soe, Deputy Secretary General of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar, talks about the daily life of the seamstresses and the demands of the trade unions. back
