Labour Minister lauds GMAC for efforts to push growth

Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng on Thursday expressed his appreciation to the Garment Producers Affiliation in Cambodia (GMAC) for its continued efforts to push for the expansion of the garment, footwear, journey items and baggage sector.

He expressed this throughout a courtesy name by the brand new govt members of GMAC who have been elected for the time period 2022-2023.

Their go to was geared toward discussing methods of constant to assist maintain the Kingdom’s economic system.

GMAC chairman Kong Sang recalled the great cooperation between the affiliation and the ministry and reported on the overall scenario of the garment, footwear and baggage sector.

He stated the Labour Ministry remains to be crucial and related one for the labour-intensive sector. Sang famous that if the labour sector just isn’t effectively ready, it will not be sustainable and develop no matter how profitable the opposite sectors have been.

Final yr, the garment export worth was round $1.389 billion, a rise of round $1.505 billion or 15.2%, of which garment raked in $8,017 million, footwear $1,390 million and journey items $1,490 million. The rest was from textile exports.

Nonetheless, Sang famous that profitability stored lowering as a result of excessive value on wages and Covid-19 disruptions.

He urged the federal government for continued assist sooner or later, particularly in the course of the disaster.

At present, GMAC has 462 members within the garment trade, 13 in footwear and 92 within the journey items sector.

In response, Sam Heng stated he extremely appreciated the unified efforts of GMAC leaders to push the sector to develop up to now.

He additionally suggested his subordinates to proceed to cooperate with GMAC to resolve the remaining challenges, comparable to labour scarcity, occupational security and NSSF contributions.

Sam Heng additionally talked about the steps the federal government has taken to assist this sector in the course of the Covid-19 disaster.