Chasing the next $3b: What it will take for Sri Lanka’s apparel sector to get there | Daily FT

For thirty years, Sri Lanka›s apparel industry has quietly powered the country›s export economy accounting for roughly 40% of merchandise export revenue and employing 300,000 to 350,000 people. That scale wasn›t accidental. It was built through deliberate Government-industry planning dating back to the early 1990s. The first transformation, anchored by the 200 Garment Factories Program, p ..