Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) says, global demand for Myanmar's clothing has waned amid COVID-19 outbreak in recent months. The apparel industry has been impacted by supply chain disruption and cancellation of orders from clients, especially the cancellation of demand orders from EU and Western countries, which accounted for 30 per cent of Myanmar's exports.

Statistics by the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar reveal, the export value of the first 11 months of 2019/20 fiscal reached $4 billion and that of 2018/19 fiscal was $4.6 billion. Therefore, the export value of the clothing industry in this fiscal year is expected to decline compared with the same period of last year, which may lead to the increase of unemployment, unfavorable to the stable development of social economy, and add gloom to clothing industry exports.