5 October 2022
The number of manageable family garment businesses working under the agreement reached with major garment factories is increasing this year, according to the family garment business community.
Previously, although there were businesspersons, who re-sewed export clothes through the major factories, it was a few numbers. The family garment businesses have mainly sewed only local-made cloth brands and local-used clothes, operating with about 20 workers.
“The family garment business was started in early 2022 and we sewed men shirts, rain coats, jarkins, women’s dresses, warm clothes and so on. We guaranteed that most items were sewed like neat and tidy clothes made by major factories. As major factory owners faced employer-employee conflict, establishment of factory, industrial land and hike prices, they received orders from foreign countries and delivered them to two or three family garment businesses”, a family garment businessperson from Mingalardon Township, sewed rain coats for export, answered the question by MT News.
“We regularly received clothing orders and always need workers. We recruit workers every month but workers leave for more money. So, we have to make arrangements for their social welfare,” said a family garment businessperson from North Okkalapa Township.
The garment factories in Hlaingthaya, Shwepyitha and Mingalardon townships temporarily closed due to COVID-19 pandemic and some completely shut down after they were burned during 2021 political crisis. At present, officials in cooperation with small and medium entrepreneurs are conducting for the garment industry under the cut-make-pack (CMP) system from foreign countries to endure a difficult situation and persist by receiving more orders.
