22 thousand people were left unemployed during the period April-June 2020 from the Covid-19 pandemic in the sector of clothing and footwear production and has decreased to 44% its exports.
This is the biggest blow that the manufacturing business has suffered for months.
“We are heading for bankruptcy, we are just working for survival”, states one entrepreneur.
With the increase of costs for the implementation of the anti-Covid protocol, where the protective means for each employee cost 5 000 thousand ALL per month, 700 factories represented by the association Pro-export Albania in a press conference announced the requests for support they have sent government.
They require support, through a program funded by the state budget, as well changes in the procedures for applying for soft loan packages.
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