Italy'S Prato Clothing Production Declines, Clothing Companies Are Mostly Chinese.

According to the Italy Xinhua joint times WeChat public number compiled and reported recently, the Federation of Italy industries (Confindustria) said that the garment industry in Prato province has seen a decline in production in the first two quarters of 2019, and more than 5000 of the clothing companies in the province are Chinese companies.

The Italy Federation of industry held a 2019 annual industrial report press conference, saying that the clothing industry of Italy, the largest garment manufacturing province in the whole country, appeared the first decline in production in more than 20 years in the first two quarters of 2019. Compared with the previous year, production decreased by 4.6%-5%.

According to the Federation of Italy industries, more than 5000 of the clothing companies in Prato province are Chinese companies, and Italy apparel companies account for only a small part. Over the past 20 years, the garment industry in this area has developed rapidly, and production has been growing steadily and steadily. The number of people engaged in garment industry (more than 20000 people) has exceeded the number of people engaged in textile industry (about 19000 people) and created many jobs. In 2019, the decline in production in the region made Italy Federation of industry surprised and worried. They said that this means that the production of garments in other parts of Italy is also not optimistic.