{"id":31150,"date":"2026-10-09T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/myanmar-garment-closures-is-responsible-exit-now-a-buyer-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:06:51","slug":"myanmar-garment-closures-is-responsible-exit-now-a-buyer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/myanmar-garment-closures-is-responsible-exit-now-a-buyer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar garment closures: Is responsible exit now a buyer risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/314\/idle-garment-factory-floor_325708.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s garment sector has reached a point where \u201cpause and monitor\u201d is not a viable sourcing strategy. Factory closures linked to falling orders are turning a human-rights due-diligence question into an immediate commercial and reputational risk. The key question is who now carries the risk as a shrinking supply base absorbs fewer orders. The exposure is particularly relevant for Japanese value-fashion and workwear buyers that continue to source from Myanmar. Japan\u2019s imports from Myanmar rose to $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, up from $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, with clothing and accessories accounting for <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent of imports.<\/p>\n<h3>\t<strong>Myanmar garment factory closures signal deepening supply-chain strain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The clearest documented case is Teng Hui (Myanmar) Knitting in Yangon. Myanmar\u2019s Ministry of Labour reported that Teng Hui, with <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> workers, was preparing for temporary suspension due to reduced orders; <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> workers sought transfers to other factories. Local reporting identifies H&amp;M as the principal buyer, but the official record establishes reduced orders, not H&amp;M-specific causation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/myanmar-garment-closures-is-responsible-exit-now-a-buyer-risk--314131-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar\u2019s garment sector has reached a point where \u201cpause and monitor\u201d is not a viable sourcing strategy. Factory closures linked to falling orders are turning a human-rights due-diligence question into an immediate commercial and reputational risk. The key question is who now carries the risk as a shrinking supply base absorbs fewer orders. The exposure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}