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Nike tops the list of recycled polyester users. C&A is the world’s biggest user of organic cotton. Inditex is the second largest user of lyocell and the fourth largest user of preferred manmade cellulosics. Target is the third largest user of recycled polyester and the fifth largest user of preferred down. The North Face is the second largest user of preferred down.

Related Keywords: called international buyers, Cambodia, garment and footwear sector, garment sector burdened, global value chains, introduce new tech, low productivity, Ministry of Commerce, MoC, outdated technology, participate in investment, representatives from global clothing brands, sinks country into low positions, unions

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC), Cambodia during a meeting on Tuesday with representatives from global clothing brands and unions, said that the garment sector is burdened by low productivity brought about by outdated technology, which sinks the country into low positions within global value chains.

Hence, the government has called on international buyers to participate in the investment, increase investment in the garment and footwear sector and to introduce new technologies to help modernise the industry in order to help boost their exports, according to a senior official.