Green textile and garment manufacturing regulations introduced in the US this year have created problems for 80 percent of Vietnamese textile and garment exporters, Saigon Giai Phong is reporting. Similar regulations in the EU, require garment and textile imports to meet ecological design criteria, which have seen 90 percent of Vietnamese garment and textile businesses unable to export to the EU.
At the end of September exports of garment and textiles had reached just US$29.7 billion, down 14 percent compared to the first nine months of 2022.