
How Israel’s garment industry is growing and how it will impact the world
Israeli textile makers have been making a huge boom in recent years thanks to a government program that allows them to sell their products overseas and abroad.
Israel has been working to diversify its economy and make up for decades of neglect by importing more and more goods to the country.
The country is already known for its high-quality goods, but many other countries, including the United States, have recently become more open to foreign demand, and Israel has started to diversifying its economy.
But with a rising number of foreign buyers and growing concerns about climate change, Israel has had to face a challenge.
Israel is now looking to export some of its top-quality products, particularly its wool, and is planning to sell them abroad for a higher price than they would normally fetch.
“The government has set a goal of 20 percent increase in sales for wool products in 2020, and that’s the only way to achieve that,” said Moti Elinav, the director of the Israeli Wool Manufacturers Association.
“We are working to get there.
The question is, what will it cost?”
The wool industry Israel has one of the highest prices for wool, according to a 2013 report from the International Wool Association.
Israel imported approximately $3.5 billion worth of wool last year.
That number rose to about $5.4 billion in 2018.
The industry produces approximately 200 million woolen pieces and about 400 million garments a year, according the industry’s website.
It is one of Israel’s largest exports, but there is an industry-wide push to diversification, and it will take time to get it going.
“As we get more international and as the market becomes more diversified, we will have a greater opportunity to grow the wool industry,” Elinav said.
The government is hoping that its new export program will help bring in foreign customers, but it has to balance the economic impact on the country’s economy with the protection of its own industries.
“There is no question about the fact that the wool market is a big market, and the government has been investing a lot to increase the number of buyers in this market,” Elavav said.
In the long run, however, the wool sector is dependent on its own producers, so the government must decide how to manage them.
“It is a complicated task.
The wool market, especially in the northern areas, is not really well managed,” said Avraham Katz, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who specializes in the wool trade.
“At the moment, we don’t have any control over it.
We don’t control what is being exported, we just decide where to go.”
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