INDIA GARMENT EXPORTS SET TO RISE AS WORLD DIVERTS ORDERS FROM CHINA, BANGLADESH
November 3rd, 2013
INDIAN garment exports are expected to rise 24% to USD16 billion in 2013-14, according to D K Nair, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) secretary general. He says the increase is because of the recovering American economy, increased demand from Europe and rival Asian exporters facing a slew of problems. This haul will take the Indian clothing export sector close to its government’s garment export target of USD17 billion for 2013-14.Mr Nair told just-style: “Last year was bad for Indian garment exports. Though the garment export figures for are not ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.