Globally, supply-demand issue, quality and contamination aspects, trade, logistics and political disturbances in key cotton using countries impact the production and trade of white gold, says Ramkumar.

Surat could play a pivotal role in VisionNXT, a trend forecasting initiative of the government to create an indigenous fashion forecasting service, textiles minister Smriti Irani said inaugurating the Rs 300-crore Karanj Textile Park in Mandvi taluka in south Gujarat recently. Entrepreneurs from Surat can immensely contribute to that initiative, she said.

In the Asian countries (excluding China, India and Turkey), Rieter increased sales in the reporting year by 36 per cent to CHF 433.9 million, of which Uzbekistan made a significant contribution of CHF 144.1 million.