In the third quarter of 2022, Indonesia’s textile industry grew by eight per cent year on year.

The footwear, leather and leather goods industry grew 13 per cent during this period. Cumulatively, footwear exports up to September 2022 also continued to increase by 35 per cent compared to the same period the previous year.

The growth performance of this sub-sector is still quite high, due to the diversion of orders from China and Vietnam to Indonesia. So Indonesia is trying to find new markets for exports for the industrial sector and is exploring markets like Latin and South America, Africa, Middle Eastand Asia.

However the textile and textile products and the footwear industry have experienced a slowdown in performance. This has been due to decreased utilization in the fiber industry by 20 per cent, spinning (30 per cent), weaving and knitting (50 per cent), garments (50 per cent), baby clothes (20 per cent to 30 per cent), and footwear (49 per cent). Some of these companies are said to have cut their working time to three or four days.

Meanwhile, some 92,000 workers have been affected by layoffs from the textile and garment industry and some 22,000 workers from the footwear industry.