Background

Textiles, clothing, footwear

The textile, clothing, leather, and footwear industry is one of the traditional branches of the Zenica-Doboj Canton manufacturing industry. This industrial sector in Zenica-Doboj Canton is characterized by: business tradition, experienced workforce, significant installed capacity, product quality, labor cost in relation to the environment, geographical proximity to the European Union market, production flexibility, adaptability to delivery times, secure energy supply, road infrastructure, non-existence of export quotas.

In the total production of the processing industry in the Zenica-Doboj Canton, the textile and leather industry employs a total of over 6,600 employees and participates in the total number of employees in the Zenica-Doboj Canton with close to 10 %.

The largest exporter in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the consolidated business results, for many years in a row is a company that operates in the area of Zenica-Doboj Canton, Prevent BH d.o.o. High and cooperates with renowned global manufacturers in the automotive industry.

Regardless of the fact that it is a low-accumulation branch, the potentials of the textile, clothing, leather, and footwear industry in Zenica-Doboj Canton lie in:

  • starting basic production,
  • development of domestic products and brands and their export,
  • transfer of knowledge and technology through work,
  • production of products of added value,
  • clustering,
  • and represent significant opportunities for potential investors.

The most important companies in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sector of Zenica-Doboj Canton:

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