Clothing sector faces bleak winter as lockdown burns hole in earnings

Clothing sector faces bleak winter as lockdown burns hole in earnings

AMMAN “” Imports of this year's winter clothing and footwear dropped by JD10 million, going down to JD60 million compared with JD70 million during the same period last year, according to a sector representative.

"The clothing and footwear sector has been drastically affected by the pandemic, and currently there are challenges and huge losses that did not exist in the past,“ Asaad Qawasmi, a representative of the clothing, garment and jewellery sector at the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, told The Jordan Times over the phone on Sunday.

The Kingdom's imports of clothes and footwear for the winter season witnessed big decline compared with previous years as it fell by 14 per cent, Qawasmi said, adding that the decline in the value of imports is due to a number of reasons, including the