India and China’s Textile Exports will Face a Severe Competition From Bangladesh.
The global economic slowdown and unfavorable exchange rate changes, to the huge losses caused by India’s textile exports. Other major Asian textile-exporting countries is also the case, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, but, while Bangladesh has withstood the crisis, slowing global economic…
In 2008/09, the Bangladesh garment exports increased by 15.4%, 16.2% growth the previous year, but the first 5 months of 2009/10 decreased 6.7%. However, according to research and market release titled “2010 edition of the world textile and apparel trade and production trends: South Asia and Southeast Asia” report, if the U.S. apparel market, Bangladesh zero-tariff treatment to the proposed mature enough, Bangladesh’s exports would greatly benefit .
2007-08 textiles and clothing exports (TandC) to 22.146 billion U.S. dollars, but decreased in 2009-10 to 20.939 billion U.S. dollars. Indian Minister of State for Textiles, said the recent Panabaaka Lakshmi ,2009-10 (as of December 2009) India’s textile and clothing exports to 150.4489 million U.S. dollars, compared to the same period in fiscal year ,2008-09 159.7050 million U.S. dollars export.
Analysts pointed out that the future of the Indian textile industry’s export growth will depend on the Government to promote investment in modernization and innovation measures. Mullen said the Federal Textile Minister of India, the government is making every effort to increase India’s share in the global market. Measures proposed include the development of Latin American and Caribbean countries, the potential markets such as Brazil and Argentina, have been identified as one of the key development of the country, because they are potential state.
Mullen has said that although the global economic crisis was not over, but there is also the trend of inflation, commodity price fluctuations, but the Indian textile sector has been greatly recovery, demand is robust.
Ministry of Textiles for the industry’s rapid, inclusive growth and development of participatory policy-making. Goal is to hold the momentum of export growth has just begun, to raise cotton and cotton yarn production and productivity, increase value-added garment sector, handloom sector and jute carry forward the rich heritage of handicrafts, raising mulberry production, to keep jobs. In addition, the Ministry of Textiles make full use of India’s economic growth prospects, attracting more capital inflows / foreign direct investment.
Indian Ministry of Textiles, said in the post-quota era, Indian textile and clothing (TandC) strong growth in exports of 25% in 2005-06, exports increased 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 17.52 billion U.S. dollars ,2006-07 continued to grow to 19.15 billion U.S. dollars, year on year increase of 9.28%. Although the textile and clothing exports in 2007-08 was 22.13 billion U.S. dollars, by the strong appreciation of the rupee against the dollar a serious impact, but in dollar terms, still healthy growth of 15.59%, calculated in accordance with rupees, an increase of about 2.76%.
Ministry of Textiles Ministry of hope, Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) will accelerate the promotion of modernization of India’s textile industry. This is the textile industry’s first major stimulus, August 6, 2009 grant subsidy of Rs 2546 million, within three working days, the funds into the bank accounts of 12,514 beneficiaries. 2009-10 TUFS subsidy paid 2,885.98 million rupees.
The Government has proposed a national fiber policy, yesterday, in the public domain in the extensive consultations the draft policy. Textile Ministry for Tirupur dyeing enterprises in 20 sewage treatment plants (CETP) to provide Rs 200 million one-time grant to ensure zero liquid discharge.
Ministry of Textiles also handloom marketing to provide more support, according to the National Integrated Textile Park (SITP), for the 18 to support the modernization of the textile factory. The program will establish 17 textile parks.
Despite the global economic slowdown, but India 抯 2008-09, textile exports in total exports increased from 10.82% in up to 12.05%. India’s Look East policy, in order to promote exports, in addition to consolidating existing markets, such as the EU and outside the United States, as part of the plan, India has also developed new markets, new markets in India in organizing large-scale textile fairs, such as Japan, South Asia, Australia, Latin America and South Africa.
Some analysts pointed out that India and China’s textile exports will face stiff competition from Bangladesh. India’s new initiative may not produce results soon, therefore, India’s textile exports are likely to continue in the doldrums for at least a year.
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From the Egytex news archive, first published on 4 July 2010. Figures and names are as reported at the time.