SRI LANKA: Garment factory closures rising steadily
Author: just-style.com | 6 March 2009
The latest survey on the apparel sector in Sri Lanka shows that the industry has been steadily shrinking since 2005, when quotas between World Trade Organization (WTO) members came to an end.
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