| strength | experienced and financially healthy mills and garment suppliers, language skills in general very good, low labour cost, low average age, great working force, british tradition, short lead time, in general no compliance issues, well educated managements, code of conduct |
| weakness | infrastructure – production from the Lahore area must be transported by truck to the port of Karachi |
| opportunity | cross divisional synergy effects |
| threat | – |
| minimum wage | 15.000 rupies – 104,- € |
| import regulations | no customs, GPS+ status, |
| migration | visa application at the embassy |
| mills | Indigo, Kassim, Sapphire, SM- Denim, Naveena Denim Mills (Karachi), Naveena Lahore NDL, ADM |
| vertical setups | Soorty, Crescent Bahuman, Azgard9, Artistic Milliners, ADM, Siddiqsons, Rajby |
| garment producers | Cottonweb, Samad |
| specials | Softwood (inspections, auditing, ..) ZAK (printed and woven labels) |
| comment | Pakistan delivered 106 Mio jeans to the EU (just 65 Mio in 2013), which means an increase of 63%. Pakistan is the big winner of the shift of jeans production. The exporting companies in Pakistan show the highest standard in quality and responsible production, |
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