According to Thailand’s “World Journal”, Thailand’s garment exports registered a negative growth of 2.82% from January to May 2010. Affected by the economic crisis in 2009, coupled with the closure of many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Thailand’s output decreased by up to 10%, and Also affects orders. For this reason, it is recommended that the government amend the rules and approve an increase in the number of people with disabilities admitted to work.
Wan Luo, a consultant to the Thai Garment Industry Association, revealed that in the first five months of 2010, the total value of Thailand’s garment exports was only about US$1.3 billion, a decrease of 2.82% compared to the same period in 2009. Due to the economic crisis in 2009, which resulted in a significant reduction in the number of orders, foreign manufacturers relocated their production bases to other countries or reduced production, unable to continue to withstand rising production costs. In addition, small and medium-sized operators have also closed down their businesses, which has reduced Thailand’s garment production as a production base by no less than 10%, affecting production and orders in 2010.
On the other hand, the garment industry also suffers from a labor shortage problem. Previously, the garment industry laid off a large number of workers. Now it is difficult to recall these workers back to the garment industry. Fortunately, overall, the garment industry still received a large number of orders in 2010, leaving factories with no time to produce, and almost every factory was unable to accept more orders. The production capacity was close to full capacity. It is expected that the overall growth rate of Thailand’s garment exports in 2010 will be about 5%. .
Vice Chairman of the Thai Institute of Industry Tanak revealed that the Thai Institute of Industry proposed to review the regulations on the number of employers and operators to accept people with disabilities at a joint committee meeting of three private organizations. The private sector hopes that the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Development will report to The cabinet meeting proposed to amend the above regulations, and the cabinet meeting approved the above suggestions in principle when it was held on the 22nd of last month.
Tanzanian said that the above rules originally stipulated that the number of people with disabilities to accept jobs was 200 people for every person with a disability, and now it is revised to 100 people for every person with a disability. The cabinet meeting also instructed the Ministry of Labor to study the appropriate period for implementing the ministerial order. , perhaps the implementation period is extended from 90 days to 180 days in order to allow the private sector enough time to make adjustments.
