Textile sector: Production Becomes More Expensive in El Salvador

Salvadoran textile companies state that the costs of labor, security and delivery times have made the sector's operations more expensive.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

The recent increase in the minimum wage is one of the factors that has had a direct impact on the cost structure of Salvadoran textile companies. Added to this are logistical difficulties in customs offices, which have caused companies from neighboring countries to obtain contracts that were originally planned for El Salvador.

See: "Textiles and Supplies Market in Central America"

José Antonio Escobar, president of the Chamber of Textile, Clothing and Free Trade Zones in El Salvador, told Eldiariodehoy.com that in their view " ... customs has been a tremendous problem, of the most traumatic things that has happened to us."

Regarding investments that have migrated to neighboring countries, it was confirmed that " ... there are at least 3 or 4 projects that are in Honduras and Nicaragua, which were not done here and were considered."

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