Apparel Sector Archives

June 6, 2023

With the current GSP+ regulation set to expire by the end 2023, it is imperative that Sri Lanka takes measures to secure concessionary access to the European market. Securing GSP+ depends on Sri Lanka upholding the already ratified conventions spanning human rights, labour, environment and governance. If Sri Lanka is to lose […]

April 27, 2023

When the civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009, the apparel sector was one of the first industries to enter the Northern Province, hoping to infuse much-needed investment to rebuild the community. Over a decade later, the apparel industry remains the only large manufacturing sector that has ventured north to set […]

February 16, 2023

16th February 2023: The Better Work Sri Lanka programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently concluded a three-month series of Master Trainer workshops on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the apparel sector, where participants were trained on facilitation skills and techniques, communication skills, and […]

July 14, 2022

13th July 2022: Investors are cashing in on the strong prospects of Sri Lanka’s apparel and textile exports sector, the country’s main export industry, which caters to some of the leading fashion brands globally. Although the South Asian island announced that it would default on its foreign debt earlier this year, […]

December 24, 2021

Sri Lanka’s apparel sector and key industry trade unions signed a historic agreement that ensures business owners and employees work together to maintain continued vigilance on pandemic prevention, discuss issues of mutual interest and jointly participate in addressing grievances. In a key milestone in the industry’s efforts to continuously elevate its human resource practices […]

Joint Apparel Association Forum : ‘Maintaining GSP+ is Critical to Sri Lanka’s Apparel Sector’

Rebuilding the North: Weaving Hopes and Dreams through the apparel sector

Apparel Sector to introduce industry advisors to strengthen occupation safety and health measures through The Better Work Initiative

Investors continue to cash in on the Sri Lankan apparel sector’s resilience

Sri Lankan apparel sector signs historic MoU with trade unions