Every year after the Chinese New Year holiday, the garment industry experiences a marked drop in quality levels and conformity to order specifications, recorded at pre-shipment inspection.

A high post-CNY worker turnover rate as well as workers’ delayed return to the factories mean that manufacturers are not able to operate at full capacity upon reopening. Inexperienced workers require training which contributes further to the backlog as well as increasing the instances of quality issues in both raw materials and garment production.