KRAPINA, Oct 22 (Hina) - Of 703 registered textile companies in Croatia, only 165, with some 40,000 workers, can be considered successful, it was said at a round table, "Situation and Prospects of Croatian Textile Industry", in
Krapina on Monday. Vice Premier Slavko Linic was one of the participants in the event, which was organised by the textile company Kotka Krapina. By organising the round table, which was attended by leading textile producers from the Croatian Zagorje region and Croatian Chamber of Commerce officials, and a fashion show, Kotka marked the end of investments into the reorganisation of production in its automatic tailoring plant and menswear department production lines. Participants in the round table agreed the production in the textile industry was decreasing, and this year saw an export deficit for the first time. They also mentioned unfair competitionand low wages o
KRAPINA, Oct 22 (Hina) - Of 703 registered textile companies in
Croatia, only 165, with some 40,000 workers, can be considered
successful, it was said at a round table, "Situation and Prospects
of Croatian Textile Industry", in Krapina on Monday.
Vice Premier Slavko Linic was one of the participants in the event,
which was organised by the textile company Kotka Krapina.
By organising the round table, which was attended by leading
textile producers from the Croatian Zagorje region and Croatian
Chamber of Commerce officials, and a fashion show, Kotka marked the
end of investments into the reorganisation of production in its
automatic tailoring plant and menswear department production
lines.
Participants in the round table agreed the production in the
textile industry was decreasing, and this year saw an export
deficit for the first time. They also mentioned unfair competition
and low wages of textile industry workers, most of whom are women.
Linic announced incentives, such as lower health and pension
insurance contributions, the creation of business rather than
political diplomacy, and measures for fighting grey economy. He
pointed to the benefits Croatia's textile industry would enjoy upon
the country's admission into some European associations.
There will be no cases of labour without all taxes being paid, Linic
said, suggesting even higher taxes for working pensioners who, he
said, are occupying young people's places, Linic said.
Speaking about assistance to business people, Linic said part of a
400-million-euro loan Croatia should obtain for the development of
small and medium businesses could be directed into large business
subjects, the financing of fairs, and personnel education.
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