In an interview, Gacula clarified that SXD cannot compete with against tiangge sellers as their permit only contains the right to sell fabrics implementing their limitations to rival the Ready to Wear (RTW) stall owners.
“They should not compete with local manufacturers. Pwede sila magtinda ng tela, butones, sinulid, pero huwag yung mga readymade na damit,” He said.
The municipal mayor also emphasized that Chinese investors’ increase in Taytay can even uplift the garments’ status in the Philippines as they trade fabrics on low prices.
“Kapag nandito na yung malalaking distributor, magkakaroon ng healthy competition ang mga magtetela. At the same time, magmumura ang ating puhunan,” Gacula explained.
SXD owns 10 mother companies in China, as it offers made to order fabric to be used for certain uniforms.
Several stall owners, however, were still alarmed from the Chinese textile businesses’ operations, saying there is high possibility for them to enter RTW market.
“Ang mga may-ari ng mga fabric storehouse dito sa Taytay ay mga Chinese, malaki ang chance na pumasok sila sa RTW kasi nasa kanila ang tela,” Anna Santos, one of the tiangge owners, said.
She also explained that despite of the number of ‘tiangge’ owners including the recently removed Muslim RTW vendors on New Taytay Public Market (NTPM), Chinese investors will still cause a decrease on their sales.
“Kung retail paisa-isa lang ang benta, ang kita naming dun ay 20-30 pesos lang so maliit talaga, ang ginagawa naming, binababaan naming yung presyo para makabenta,” Santos stressed.
In addition, the stall owner also pointed out that if same scenario in Baclaran happens in Taytay which is almost 75 percent of tiangge owners are Chinese, Filipino investors would not have the chance to compete on market.
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