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Year 2013 was the recovery year for Indian textile industry after sluggish financial years 2011 & 2012. The time was greatly supported by worldwide lower cotton prices, lower raw material price volatility, highest cotton crop production in 2012

Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world, next to China. But the gap between the No 1 and No 2 is huge. If we go back to the 50s, India used to have a larger market share in the textile & clothing – say about 13 per cent.

The year 2013 was of mixed type for Indian textile industry. On the one hand the mill sector (spinning/weaving) had a good year, the decentralised powerloom weaving sector had one or the other hiccups like power cuts, high tariff in power

We expect a good cotton and signs are already there. With this there will be certainly good export of yarn and garments in 2014. China is already importing a lot of cotton yarn, particularly up to 60s count.

ndian textile industrys future is looking bright. In the last 8-month, there is a 17 per cent growth in apparel export. In textile fabric, the growth is 18 per cent. Last 3 years were bad for us, but 2013 started working well for the industry.

We expect a good cotton and signs are already there. With this there will be certainly good export of yarn and garments in 2014. China is already importing a lot of cotton yarn, particularly up to 60s count.

Year 2013 was the recovery year for Indian textile industry after sluggish financial years 2011 & 2012. The time was greatly supported by worldwide lower cotton prices, lower raw material price volatility, highest cotton crop production in 2012