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Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, SIMA has appreciated and thanked the Hon’ble Prime Minister, and other ministers for the bold decision of removing the anti-dumping duty on viscose staple fibre.

Steep increase in cotton prices will not only affect the industry and squeeze margins, but will also lead to higher prices in apparel and textile goods for domestic consumers, says Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA)

Steep increase in cotton prices will not only affect the industry and squeeze margins, but will also lead to higher prices in apparel and textile goods for domestic consumers, says Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA)

According to the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), the import duty on raw cotton would erode the competitiveness India’s value-added segments that has a business size of around Rs 50,000 crores in exports and Rs 25,000 crores in the domestic market.