Exclusive-Inditex boosts fast fashion flights from India to avoid shipping delays
) has sharply increased its use of air freight to bring clothes from factories in India to its logistics hub in Spain to avoid shipping delays, according to trade data, industry experts, and investors.
Inditex sent 3,865 consignments by air from India in the 12 months to end-August this year, a 37% increase on the previous year, according to a Reuters analysis of shipment records from trade data provider Import Genius. Inditex says that half of its suppliers are in countries close to its core European market such as Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. Its top 10 source countries also include Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and India.
Transport accounted for 12.1% of its total emissions in 2023, up from 8.4% in 2022, though Inditex said changes in its reporting methodology made the 2023 figures not comparable with 2022.
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