MOROCCO BEGINS PRODUCTION OF TEST-ORDERS FOR FASHION CLIENTS AHEAD OF RELAXATION OF COVID-19 CONFINEMENT.
June 2nd, 2020
Morocco’s clothing manufacturing sector has pivoted to making medical supplies to cope with the flood of cancelled orders from hard hit European customers that marked the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic – developing textile backward linkages that could strengthen the industry for the future.
Fatima-Zohra Alaoui, director general of Moroccan textile and garment manufacturing association AMITH (Association Marocaine des Industries de Textiles et l'Habillement) said: “During the week of 9th March when Spain went into lockdown we started to receive order ...
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