Uzbekistan’s UZA website reported on October 21 that the Spanish Inditex Group (Inditex), one of the world’s four largest fashion retail groups, recently sent a delegation to visit Uzbekistan for inspection and cooperated with Uzbekistan. The heads of the Cotton Textile Industry Cluster Association held talks on cooperation between cotton and the textile industry.
Uzbekistan introduced the association’s 134 cotton textile clusters and the basic situation of cooperation with more than 40 international textile industry brands, and emphasized that in compliance with the president’s instructions, Uzbekistan has stopped Export of cotton raw materials, focus on the development of cotton processing and vigorously export high value-added finished products or semi-finished products.
The person in charge of Indide Group expressed appreciation for the development of Uzbekistan’s cotton industry after eliminating forced labor and child labor and receiving EU GSP benefits, and said that the group Many of its brands, including Zara, Pull&Bear, MassimoDutti, and Bershka, are interested in cooperating with Uzbekistan. The two parties discussed relevant cooperation matters in detail, and Yingdide Group promised to start business cooperation with Uzbekistan after its Zara brand completes follow-up negotiations.