The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the textile industry in Yogyakarta. Although export conditions are increasing, there are still other problems that must be faced in order for this industry to survive.

Chairman of the Provincial Management Agency (BPP) of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) Yogyakarta, Iwan Susanto, explained that the Covid-19 pandemic had caused a chaotic supply chain with the main problem being transportation with high container rental prices and also soaring raw materials needed. textile industry up to 80 percent.

"Especially the types of materials such as cotton that rely on tourism, schools, celebrations and hajj are in very bad condition," he said.

He stated that the condition of the increase in raw materials made the textile industry more difficult to move. The impact that occurs because of this problem is a shortage of goods, and inevitably textile industry players have to make adjustments to their goods.

Although currently textile exports are experiencing an increase, the local market is in a slump due to the onslaught of imported products. In addition, the local textile industry market has also been hampered by a surge in Covid-19 cases.

API Yogyakarta hopes that there will be no more tightening or lockdown in Yogyakarta because this will hit the textile industry in Yogyakarta badly.

At least 25 medium-scale textile companies and most of them are traditional batik SMEs and fashion designers have joined as members of API Yogyakarta at this time. Although no company went out of business, the conditions experienced were also quite diverse.

"It depends on the type of company and how the company itself is trying, because some are not reducing employees, some are growing but some are down.

For this reason, he hopes that workers in the industrial world will immediately get the Covid-19 vaccine. If vaccination is not immediately carried out, it is feared that clusters will arise in the industry, including the textile industry.

"We have to save the company from the Covid-19 cluster by vaccinating," he said.