Alejandro Ceballos, President of the Garment and Textiles Commission (Vestex) informed Prensalibre.com: "In five years, we have lost 60,000 jobs.

For 2009, we expect the exports of that sector to be equal to the ones from last year, when it was at $1.4 billion USD. We do not expect growth, rather, the challenge is for there not to be a decline."

Source: prensalibre.com

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