Hanoi (VNA) – The garment and textile sector has set a target of 44 billion USD in export turnover this year, up 10% year-on-year.
According to the Vietnam Textile &Apparel Association (VITAS), garment and textile exports last year reached39.5 billion USD, down 10% year-on-year.
VITAS Chairman Vu Duc Giang said that in2023, Vietnam's textile and garment products were exported to 104 countries andterritories – a record number.
Businesses underwent significant changesbut they made efforts to diversify their exports with 36 items.
The main markets of Vietnamese garmentand textile exports were the US, Japan, the European Union (EU), the Republicof Korea, China, and Southeast Asia, together with some new markets such as Africaand Russia.
VITAS Vice Chairman Truong Van Cam said that 2024 will still see manychallenges for the industry, pointing to the extendedproducer responsibility (EPR) and the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism(CBAM), as well as the strategy of “sustainable fashion” instead of “fastfashion”.
To achieve its set goal, the industry is implementingvarious solutions, with a focus on diversifying customers, markets, and products;speeding up digital transformation; and greening production, said Cam./.
Vietnam's textile and garment products have been exported to 104 countries and territories this year – a record number, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association.
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry has not been able to fully capitalise on the advantages and potential of FTAs, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Along with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Vietnamese garment and textile sector also needs a Vietnam-Canada free trade agreement or another bilateral deal to penetrate more deeply into the North American market, according to experts.
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