Myanmar SUMEC Win Win Garments Co., Ltd, Myanmar’s largest Chinese invested exporter in garment sector, and a branch of SUMEC Textile and Light Industry Co., has officially started operating a new factory in Shwe Pyi Thar Industrial Zone in Yangon on Friday.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, U Aung Htoo, Deputy Minister for Commerce, said that preferential policies and a vast labor market give Myanmar a great advantage for textile and garment industry and that the new factory will not only create more jobs, promote the garment industry, but also contribute to the country’s economic growth.
The new factory, with 40 production lines currently, is designed to own 50 production lines with the capacity to produce 4 million pieces of clothes every year, upgrading the company’s yearly capacity to 10 million pieces of clothes in Myanmar, lifting its export to 100 million U.S. dollars.
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