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China Apparel Makers Brace for Cost Hikes as Oil Price Surges

Chinese manufacturers are facing significant cost increases due to the Iran war, forcing them to absorb rising costs amid fragile global demand.
A garment sewing machine floor at a factory in China. Garment workers are stationed at individual sewing machines across large tables with green materials.
Fibre suppliers are now adjusting prices once or even twice a day to keep pace with volatile crude markets, the manufacturers say. (Shutterstock)

Chinese clothing suppliers are bracing for higher apparel prices as the Iran war-induced surge in crude oil prices pushes up raw-material costs across the supply chain.

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