| Thai Textile Industry Development Agency Huila, said | | | | Thai Textile Industry Development Agency |
| the textile industry in Thailand has begun to grow | | | | Huila said that although Thailand's textile export |
| from January to February 2010, textile exports rose | | | | prospects, exports forecast up to 7.2 billion U.S. |
| 35% in Thailand, especially in fabric exports rose 30% | | | | dollars this year, but there are a lack of domestic |
| on this year's overall export growth of textile | | | | labor as much as tens of thousands of people, |
| industry hold more than 15% confidence, will not be | | | | especially experienced textile engineers, for example, |
| worth less than 72 billion dollars. | | | | the shortage of textile dyeing industrial chemical |
| Willard said, the Thai textile export growth | | | | experts and designers. |
| markets include ASEAN and the EU, exports to these | | | | To this end, the textile industry to carry out |
| markets rose 50%, in particular the ASEAN market | | | | human resources development agencies must step |
| because of the ASEAN free trade agreement by the | | | | up training activities, scheduled for July 1-4 this year |
| support of ASEAN countries to promote trade tariffs. | | | | at the Bangkok International Convention and |
| Willard said there are still a large number of | | | | Exhibition Center (BITEC) held GFT exhibition will be |
| investors investing in the construction of textile | | | | held at the Young Designers Award competitions. |
| factories in Thailand to export to neighboring | | | | Thai Garment Industry Association, said |
| countries to be processed, such as Laos, Cambodia | | | | Deputy Prime Kyrgyzstan, the current Thai operators |
| and Vietnam. The reason is labor costs and | | | | to obtain a large number of orders, but the impact of |
| transportation costs in Thailand is low, and the | | | | a shortage of labor, the whole industry can not |
| products of good quality, that the Thai textile | | | | effectively improve productivity. |
| industry should make more efforts to develop the | | | | Sukit forecast, Thai garment exports this year, |
| ASEAN market. | | | | worth about 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, the overall value of |
| Huíla, said ASEAN countries are ordered each | | | | Thai textile exports estimated 7.2 billion U.S. dollars. |
| year the total value of 180 fabric billion, while exports | | | | Sukit that Thailand will continue to expand the |
| of ASEAN, Thailand fabric market value is only 15 | | | | Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asian |
| billion U.S. dollars, there is still much room for growth. | | | | market, forecast in the next 5-10 years will be an |
| ASEAN countries ordered fabric from China worth | | | | important export market, export quantity and order |
| over 10 billion U.S. dollars, if the Thai company can be | | | | amount will be greatly, but there are a lack of Thai |
| adjusted to improve the quality of fabric to replace | | | | designers to the problem and the need to intensify |
| the fabric from China and Japan, will lead to a | | | | Peixun. |
| substantial increase in orders. | | | | |