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Sri Lanka's apparel exports to Italy up despite global industry slump

According to the trade data from *f_homepage_tpblock&utm_medium=logo&utm_campaign=texpro_****" target="_blank">Fibre2Fashion&#**;s market insight tool TexPro, Sri Lankan apparel exports to Italy have been increasing consistently after ****, when they saw a dip due to the pandemic. The outbound shipment surged by ** per cent to reach $***.*** million in ****. It further gained **.** per cent to $***.*** million in **** and rose by **.** per cent to $***.*** million in ****.

Italy accounted for **.** per cent of Sri Lanka&#**;s total apparel exports of $*.*** billion in ****. The island country exported **.** per cent to the US, which was its top apparel buyer in the world.