COVID-19 has severely affected the garment industry, with exports dropping and 20% of people losing their jobs. AEPC has requested the government for an essential service tag that will free them from lockdowns.
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Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) said that stopping textile units in Tamil Nadu during night hours and on Sundays would affect the production activities, exports and also the jobs of several lakhs of workers.
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested the government to exempt factories from lockdowns and asked for an essential service tag for the labour-intensive apparel export industry.
While the global man-made fibre (MMF) garments trade stands at $ 200 billion, India exports only $1.6 billion of MMF garments.
Despite being the second-largest textile manufacturer in the world, India faces many challenges and competition, which can be resolved with central government incentives, structural reforms and lower import duty.
Though the pandemic and crackdown by the US and other western countries on Chinese enterprises, have not affected the exports of some firms in North Western Xinjiang, many companies are exploring the domestic market.
While India's textile & clothing (T&C) exports to European Union (EU-27)
declined by 20.8% in 2020 compared to 2019, exports of China to EU-27 increased by
whooping 46.9%