INDIA’S COTTON TEXTILE EXPORT SECTOR CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER – EXPERT REPORT

THE INDIAN cotton textile industry has increased its global competitiveness over the last decade, but still its exports have not shown the corresponding results, said a report compiled by Zurich-based consultancy agency Gherzi. Entitled ‘Cost Benchmarking Study – India vis-à–vis Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt, China, Pakistan and Turkey’, it was commissioned by the Indian Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council and released in New Delhi last week (July 25).According to the report, in 2012 the Indian clothing and textile industry employed 35 million people ...


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