Garment exporters report a 6% rise in winter-season orders
Buyers are placing earlier, smaller orders; factories say margins are still thin.
Key points
- The exporters' association reports winter orders up 6% year on year.
- Order sizes are smaller and lead times shorter than last season.
- Factory owners say energy costs continue to squeeze margins.
Winter-season orders at garment factories are up about 6 percent from a year earlier, according to figures released by the exporters' association.
The association says buyers are splitting orders into smaller batches with shorter lead times, a pattern that started two seasons ago.
Factory owners contacted by the association's survey say higher energy costs are absorbing most of the gain from the extra volume.
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