Development of Textile and Garment in Lao PDR

摘要

From the year 1990, after the promulgation the Law on the Promotion and Management of Foreign Investment in the Lao PDR, local and foreign Starting from two garment factories with 800 workers in the year 1990, we reached 43 factories in 1993 with 12.000 workers and export value of 47 millions US Dollars. In 1994 the number of factories increased to 54 with 14.500 workers and export value of 57 millions US Dollars. At the end of the year 1995, we have 63 factories including two small textile factories. The number of workers reached 18.500 and the export value increased to 87 millions US Dollars. The total invested capital in this area was estimated to be 59 millions US Dollars.