INTRODUCTION

The garments industry in India is one of the best in the world. An extremely well organized sector, garment
manufacturers, exporters, suppliers, stockists and wholesalers are the gateway to an extremely enterprising clothing and
apparel industry in India. There are numerous garments exporters, garments manufacturers; readymade garments
exporters etc. both in the small scale as well as large scale.

During April-December 1999-2000, textile exports were recorded as US $ 9735.2 million (Rs.440179.4 million), of which
readymade garments comprised nearly 40%. Interestingly, almost ¼ of India's total exports goes to the USA.

Indian readymade garments and textiles are extremely popular the world over. In fact, exports of readymade garments
registered a 6.4% increase in dollar terms and an 11.6% increase in rupee terms during the period April-December 1999-
2000, despite a sluggish growth in income both at home and abroad. Indian Garment export growth during April-June
1998 for woolen readymade garments was a phenomenal 150%, for readymade garments made of silk it was 58%, and
for other readymade garments it was 39%, in dollar terms.

Today, garments exports from India have made inroads into the international market for their durability, quality and
beauty. One of the reasons for the economical pricing of India's readymade garments and apparels is the availability of
highly skilled, cheap labor in the country. The superiority of India's Garment Industry has been acknowledged in the
National Textile Policy (NTP) of India 2000. Having realized the tremendous growth potential of this sector there is a
proposal in the NTP for taking the Indian Garment Industry out of the SSI reservation list.
TRADE DYNAMICS

India is the 5th largest exporter of ready made garments in the world. The Ready made garments industry is one of the
largest and most prominent sectors of the Indian economy, in terms of output, foreign exchange earnings and
employment generation. It provides employment to nearly 6 million people. It accounts for the one fifth of the country’s
total export earnings. Indian RMG industry is multi-fibre based, using cotton, jute, wool, silk, man-made and synthetic
fibres.
RMG exports vis-à-vis total exports of India value in US$ Mn

Year RMG Exports % Growth rate India's Total Export % Share of RMG UVR

2003-2004 6243.12 8.79 63842.97 9.78 3.31

2004-2005 6573.97 5.3 83535.94 7.87 4.02

2005-2006 8626.63 31.22 103090.5 8.37 3.66

2006-07 8901.82 3.19 126361.5 7.04 4.06

Growth in RMG exports

% Growth in RMG
exports 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 Apr-Sep 2007-08

USD 8.79 5.3 31.22 3.19 -3.30

Rupee 3.3 2.96 29.3 5.46 -13.92

Quantity -66.81 -13.31 44.24 -6.84 -

2005-2006 has been a phenomenal year for RMG exports primarily because of the removal of quota constraint. However, the boom could not be maintained for long as the provisional data
for the period Apr-Sep 2007 show a 13.92% decline in rupee terms and 3.30% decline in dollar terms.

India’s total RMG exports to top five destinations (in million US$) in the 2006-07
Category wise RMG export in last three years

Commodity 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 %Growth

61( knit) 2,641.29 3,191.13 3,618.10 13.38

62(Woven) 3,932.68 5,435.50 5,283.72 -2.79

India's Total
RMG Export 6,573.97 8,626.63 8,901.82 3.1
The tabulation reveals that India’s export basket is heavily in favor of the Woven Apparel. India has registered a significant growth of 13.38% in the Knit Apparel segment & thus India can
lay emphasis on this sector for the deepening of its market share.
Growth in April-Aug 2007-08/ April-Aug 2006-07

Apr-Sep 2007(in Apr-Sep 2007(in %Growth in %Growth in

Commodity
Rs.) US$) US $ Rupees
RMG COTTON INCL ACCES 12,946.98 3167.09 -7.10 -17.3
RMG MANMADE FIBRES 1,720.47 420.86 -17.70 -26.74
RMG OF OTHR TEXTLE
1,133.30 277.23 26.71 12.8
MATRL
RMG SILK 573.57 140.31 14.74 2.14
RMG WOOL 1,231.41 301.23 56.67 39.47
Total RMG 17,605.73 4306.72 -3.30 -13.92
The first six months of this year has recorded a 13.92% decline in exports. This was primarily due to a rise in exchange
rate from Rs 44 per dollar to Rs 39.6 per dollar. This indicates that Indian apparel exports may decline in the short term as
a result of a strong increase in the rupee. While a series of small and medium companies may be harmed by the fall in
their margins, latest US and EU data are suggesting some strong rebound in knitwear imports from India this summer. In
addition to relocating their capacities, largest companies are now exploring acquisition of international clothing brands.
Also, with the internalization of the strong currency regime, even if it is a medium term phenomenon, would mean
reworking costlines and contracts to minimize the impact. Thus, the outlook for the current fiscal is a decline in the
exports, though of a lesser proportion than apprehended at the beginning of the year.

The right fit: India's apparel exports boom

Apparel exports from India have risen exponentially in the last few years, and are expected to touch the $10 billion mark by the end of the current fiscal,
up from $8.4 billion in the last financial year.
The reimposition of quotas on China, the biggest apparel exporter ($55 billion), by the US, a few European countries and South Africa is believed to be
the single largest reason for this development. The quotas, imposed in 2005, will remain in effect till 2008.
According to the Apparel Export Promotion Council, the future of apparel exports is bright. "In the last few years, we made rapid strides. We expect
apparel exports to grow at a healthy rate of 12 percent year-on-year. Next financial year, we expect the exports to be in excess of $10 billion," says AEPC
secretary general K K Jalan.
"Indian apparel exporters have three years to explore inaccessible markets and establish their presence. We may not catch up with China but this is the best
chance for us to increase our footprints. Most of the apparel exporters have responded well," says Rajendra J Hinduja, executive director (finance),
Gokaldas Exports, the largest apparel exporter from India.
During 2003-04, Indian apparel exports stood at $4.6 billion. In 2004-05, it increased to $5.8 billion. It rose to a high of $8.4 billion during 2005-06
following the reimposition of quotas on China. "International brands are showing more faith in India," Hinduja points out.
Gokaldas Exports which supplies apparel to well-known international brands like Adidas and Reebok, is set to record Rs 1,000 crore in revenues (Rs 880
crore in 2005-06). Indus Fila, another garment manufacturer, is expecting Rs 190 crore in revenues from exports alone this fiscal, compared to a modest Rs
18 crore in 2005-06.
"Indian apparel is considered value for money. The confidence the international brands have in Indian exporters is very high. That has enhanced the brand
value," says Nitin Mandhana, chairman and managing director, Indus Fila. "International brand GAP now sources nearly 30 percent of its apparel goods
from India. That is a very encouraging sign."
Gokaldas Exports is in the process of setting up a 100 per cent export-oriented apparel special economic zone near Bangalore.
With an estimated investment of Rs 2,000 crore from 50 players, the SEZ alone is likely to export apparel and accessories worth Rs 5,000 crore every year.
Expansion mantra
As international brands enter the Indian apparel market, the existing brands are foraying into related categories to expand their product basket.
Popular brands like Pepe, Zodiac, Arrow, Killer, Adidas and Van Heusen, known for their jeans, shirts or shoes, are taking their lifestyle product
positioning further by entering categories that range from women's wear to sun glasses and footwear.
Recently, Madura Garments, in partnership with Sierra Enterprises, launched Van Heusen's premium footwear collection while Pepe, the well known jeans
brand, intends to foray into innerwear and timewear. Zodiac Clothing is extending its brand portfolio by introducing ladies trousers.
Killer intends to launch fragrances and watches in India.
Even older players like Century Mills are extending their Cottons by Century label to ladies wear.
Pantaloon has introduced a range of in-house brands like Jealous 21 and Urban Yoga, offering fashion and accessories.
Explaining the rationale behind branded players foraying in other categories, Prashant Agarwal, apparel analyst, KSA Technopak says, "The trend of
family shopping in malls has prompted apparel brands to offer a wide range of products to customers. Brand expansion is the next step in the Indian
branded apparel sector."
He adds that women's wear is expected to offer better margins to the brands while accessories will help attract customers.

India: 'Apparel exports to fall short by 24%'

Apparel exports from India have fallen sharply since August 2008 due to declining sales in the United States and the Europian Union while those from
Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam are on an upswing.
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), today hosted a press conference to discuss the status of clothing industry in the face of global economic
recession. The conference was presided over by chiefs of major industry associations like the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI),
Garment Exporters Association (GEA), Apparel Exporters and Manufacturers Association (AEMA) and Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA). Among
those present were AEPC Chairman Rakesh Vaid, AEPC Executive committee member Hari Kapoor, CMAI President Rahul Mehta, GEA President G.S.
Madan and TEA President A. Sakthivel.
All of them called for revisions in the current stimulus packages announced by the government. Fresh data from the Apparel Export Promotion Council
(AEPC) shows that apparel exports plunged 11.29 per cent in November to 621 million dollars compared to 700 million dollars in the same period of 2007.
Thus the period between April to November shows a decline of 0.2 per cent in exports compared to corresponding period of previous year.
"Apparel exports are likely to fall 24 per cent short of the 11.62 billion dollar target in the current financial year and may total up to 8.78 billion dollars,"
said Mr Vaid. In 07-08, the country exported garments worth 9.69 billion dollars, nine per cent more than in previous year.
"India is clearly losing its edge in global markets. The government and the industry must gear up to retain existing buying nations and explore fresh
markets," he said. Mr Vaid said the global economic recession has led to customers like Steeve and Barry's along with Mervyns filing for bankruptcy.
Buyers like Pacific Swimwear, Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherines have closed hundreds of stores due to sliding sales.
As a result, he added, nearly 500,000 Indian workers have already lost their livelihood in the apparel sector while more job losses are expected in the next
three months. "Surveys conducted in export hubs of Gurgaon and Okhla here towards December-end show 84 per cent manufacturing units registered fall
in export orders and employment in the range of 20 to 80 per cent," said Mr Vaid.
India's exports to the United States, which imported garments worth 85 billion dollars in calendar 2007, tumbled 11 per cent in rupee terms during October
to December last year. But apparel exports to the United States from Vietnam jumped 35 per cent in dollar terms while those from Indonesia were up 8.44
per cent. Even exports from Bangladesh were up 6.6 per cent.
Similarly, India's garment exports to the European Union during January to August stagnated while those of China increased by 8.19 per cent, Vietnam by
9.85 per cent and Bangladesh by 3.01 per cent. Mr Vaid said India's exports and its market share globally are on the decline. Due to better policy support
by other countries, India is losing its advantage.
According to Mr Vaid, wild fluctuation in rupee-dollar exchange rates since April 08 have severely dented the competitiveness of Indian exporters, but the
government has done nothing so far to help the clothing industry.
According to the export promotion council, basic infrastructure needs to be toned up and labour laws need to be amended to revive export potential. The
exporters are also looking forward to a financially sound stimulus package for the apparel sector which is one of the topmost employer of the economically
weaker section -- especially women.
The governments in Pakistan and China have announced sops for the textile and apparel export industry to ease operating pressure on companies and
enhance their competitiveness. In India, however, the duty drawback rates have been slashed from 11 to 8.8 per cent for cotton apparel, from 11.2 to 9.8
per cent for blended garments and from 11.5 to 10.5 per cent for synthetic clothes.
The AEPC chairman has called for increasing the rates of duty drawback to 14.64 from 1 September, 2008. He said exporters should be entitled for
80HHC benefit under the Income Tax Act for coming five years. Fringe benefit tax as applicable to the information technology sector should be extended
to garment exporters, he added.
About AEPC:
The AEPC is an apex body of more than 7,000 small, medium and large garment exporters. It was set up in 1978 and is sponsored by the ministry of
textiles. It provides assistance to Indian exporters as well as international buyers who choose India as their preferred sourcing destination. The council
helps in advising the government on policy issues, organizes trade fairs and trains workforce for the apparel industry.

Apparel export sector can expect more sopsMarch 19, 2010 (India)

The Central Government is expected to announce more sops for the still struggling apparels, leather and engineering sectors in the next week.

The Commerce Ministry had conducted a review of these sectors and came to the conclusion that these sectors still need to be helped out, despite overall
export monthly figures turning positive since the last 3-4 months.

In the recently declared union budget, the government had extended the 2 percent interest subvention scheme for the next fiscal; however sectors like
garments and leather had been removed from the list.

Overall exports from India during April-January 2009-10 had declined by17.8 percent, when compared with the same period, a year ago. Clothing exports
fell by 13 percent in January 2010 from that in January 2009.

Fibre2fashion News Desk – India

India’s Textile and Apparel Industry: Opportunities for Sourcing and Collaboration - Textiles
Intelligence for the Apparel Industry & Textile Industry

India ranks among the top target countries for any company sourcing textiles and apparel. Indeed, apart from China, no
other country can match the size, spread, depth, and competitiveness of the Indian textile and apparel industry. Moreover,
the global elimination of quotas at the end of 2004 has greatly enhanced the opportunities for sourcing from India. This
special report focuses on the opportunities which India now offers as a source of textiles and apparel. Based on a detailed
examination of the performance of a large number of apparel and home textile products in the US and EU markets in
2005, the report identifies those which offer the greatest scope for sourcing from India. The report includes profiles of
Indian textile and apparel companies which are potential partners for sourcing or collaboration. It also examines the
competitiveness of India’s yarn and fabrics industry, identifies opportunities for foreign collaboration, and provides a
wealth of statistical data.

WORLD IMPORTERS OF READYMADE GARMENTS:

The yearly 2007 data are available as on 15/7/2008 for 83 countries representing 82% of world trade flows

WORLD IMPORTS OF RMG

%age
Rank Share
in Import Import Import Import in %age %age
Importe
World ed ed ed ed World Growth Growth
Importer d value
Import value value value value RMG 2006/2 2007/2
in 2007
s year in 2003 in 2004 in 2005 in 2006 Import 005 006
2007 s Year
2007

- World 228.46 254.91 271.99 293.04 277.60 100.007.74 -5.27

1 USA 65.73 69.96 74.15 76.88 75.56 27.223.68 -1.71

2 Germany 20.96 22.82 23.81 25.75 28.00 10.098.15 8.76

3 UK 16.50 19.03 20.08 21.23 23.72 8.545.74 11.70

4 Japan 18.38 20.46 21.17 22.43 22.60 8.145.96 0.75

5 France 14.00 15.91 16.72 17.58 19.86 7.165.14 12.99

6 Hong Kong 14.96 15.97 17.25 17.73 18.14 6.532.75 2.29

7 Italy 8.79 10.68 11.60 13.28 14.88 5.3614.46 12.10

8 Belgium 5.96 6.67 7.35 7.75 8.60 3.105.43 10.98

9 Netherlands 5.42 5.97 5.89 6.71 7.07 2.5513.84 5.29

10 Canada 4.02 4.68 5.37 6.15 6.90 2.4914.39 12.22

11 Austria 3.32 3.74 3.97 4.20 4.87 1.755.86 15.87

12 Switzerland 3.71 4.07 4.14 4.30 4.79 1.733.89 11.37

13 South Korea 2.41 2.59 2.72 3.49 4.08 1.4728.47 16.93

14 Australia 1.99 2.42 2.84 3.00 3.38 1.225.66 12.59

15 Sweden 2.32 2.52 2.63 2.80 3.23 1.166.29 15.40

16 Russian Federation 0.48 0.63 0.80 1.50 2.84 1.0286.45 89.92

17 Greece 1.16 1.45 1.65 1.87 2.68 0.9713.26 43.74

18 Ireland 1.39 1.55 1.83 1.98 2.38 0.868.29 20.04

19 Singapore 2.03 2.16 2.05 2.41 2.35 0.8517.89 -2.75

20 Mexico 2.89 2.42 2.32 2.35 2.29 0.831.27 -2.44

21 Norway 1.43 1.58 1.71 1.83 2.13 0.776.96 16.52

22 China 1.34 1.43 1.51 1.59 1.81 0.654.97 14.30

23 Finland 1.02 1.18 1.25 1.38 1.55 0.569.72 12.67

24 Czech Republic 0.57 1.00 1.27 1.20 1.44 0.52-5.32 19.84

25 Turkey 0.37 0.58 0.69 0.67 1.05 0.38-1.98 56.59

26 Romania 0.53 0.59 0.65 0.68 0.91 0.334.31 33.55

27 South Africa 0.31 0.56 0.75 1.03 0.90 0.3236.47 -12.74

28 Israel 0.51 0.59 0.64 0.74 0.89 0.3215.57 20.11

29 New Zealand 0.48 0.57 0.65 0.68 0.81 0.295.08 18.77

30 Slovakia 0.27 0.34 0.39 0.49 0.71 0.2626.62 45.23

31 Croatia 0.31 0.35 0.39 0.49 0.65 0.2323.91 34.10

32 Slovenia 0.38 0.34 0.37 0.40 0.53 0.196.70 32.23

33 Brazil 0.10 0.15 0.23 0.35 0.49 0.1852.71 40.17

34 Luxembourg 0.33 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.40 0.146.21 7.72

35 Lithuania 0.11 0.15 0.19 0.25 0.38 0.1437.56 49.02

36 Malaysia 0.15 0.22 0.24 0.31 0.37 0.1327.77 16.79

37 Estonia 0.12 0.15 0.21 0.27 0.36 0.1333.24 32.30

38 Cyprus 0.22 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.36 0.137.34 28.23

39 Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.21 0.33 0.1245.44 59.01

40 Latvia 0.10 0.14 0.17 0.22 0.30 0.1134.28 33.38

41 Thailand 0.14 0.17 0.18 0.24 0.29 0.1031.35 21.06

42 Jordan 0.10 0.12 0.16 0.24 0.29 0.1049.59 20.10

43 Colombia 0.06 0.07 0.09 0.12 0.21 0.0836.10 68.82

44 Guatemala 0.10 0.12 0.17 0.13 0.19 0.07-23.50 39.50

45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.09 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.06-4.00 15.97

46 Ecuador 0.07 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.17 0.0614.64 21.13

47 Iceland 0.10 0.11 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.067.49 18.32

48 Panama 0.08 0.00 0.10 0.12 0.16 0.0614.65 33.41

49 Malta 0.08 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.04-1.07 7.75

50 El Salvador 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.0419.80 7.35

51 Ethiopia 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.047.45 9.22

52 Honduras 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.0330.83 18.26

53 Georgia 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.09 0.03105.74 31.93

54 Uruguay 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.0326.86 34.71

The former Yugoslav

55 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.03-12.35 25.30
Republic of Macedonia

56 Bahrain 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.07 0.02-37.51 59.02

57 Yemen 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.024.80 71.93

58 Republic of Moldova 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.0266.09 17.93

59 Pakistan 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.0233.49 103.80

60 Aruba 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.022.57 8.23

61 Uganda 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.0228.15 52.18

62 Mauritius 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.01-8.84 20.72

63 New Caledonia 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.015.06 -0.59

64 Armenia 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.0135.79 2.72

65 French Polynesia 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.01-11.94 11.95

66 Trinidad and Tobago 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.0174.65 -23.28

67 Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.0110.24 117.92

68 Fiji 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01-16.24 9.71

69 Senegal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.012.87 67.28

70 Azerbaijan 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01-26.60 -18.28

71 United Republic of Tanzania 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.0126.55 7.28

72 Bolivia 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.0113.01 25.32

73 Zambia 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01-14.56 15.25

74 Barbados 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01-15.96 -21.25

75 Madagascar 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.0070.73 41.47

76 Maldives 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.0037.17 27.20

77 Kyrgyzstan 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.0067.86 -45.68

78 Mongolia 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00-0.67 -42.65

79 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.0031.90 7.77

80 Mayotte 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.0029.91 10.50

81 Belize 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.0058.17 -48.80

82 Dominica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-15.52 -2.92

83 Montserrat 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0017.88 -35.96

84 Morocco 0.27 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.00 0.00-3.84

85 Mozambique 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00-6.38

86 Oman 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.006.86

87 Namibia 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00 0.00-0.79

88 Nauru 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-2.43

89 Nepal 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.07 0.00 0.0077.30

90 Oceania Nes 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.0042.36

91 Mali 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.0032.14

92 Malawi 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.0012.30

Centr.Amer.Com.Market
93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-
(CACM) Nes

94 LAIA not elsewhere specified 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-

95 Mauritania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00-

96 Taiwan, Province of China 0.78 0.94 1.03 1.15 0.00 0.0012.20

97 European Union Nes 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-

98 Montenegro 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00-

99 Netherland Antilles 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.00 0.0011.74

100 Nicaragua 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.0010.43

101 Niger 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00351.06

102 Nigeria 0.01 0.15 0.12 0.08 0.00 0.00-31.13

103 Europe Othr. Nes 0.00 0.01 0.16 0.17 0.00 0.006.49

104 Niue 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-40.79

105 Norfolk Island 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-13.70

Africa not elsewhere

106 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0006 0.000 0.00045.68
specified

Lao People's Democratic

107 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00-30.59
Republic

108 Lebanon 0.25 0.28 0.24 0.25 0.00 0.006.68

109 Lesotho 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0042 0.0000 0.00121.21

110 Liberia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-31.45

111 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.18 0.22 0.19 0.23 0.00 0.0025.64

112 Macau 0.30 0.39 0.00 1.05 0.00 0.00-

113 Jamaica 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.00 0.001.12

114 Kazakhstan 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.00 0.0010.45

115 Kenya 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.00-2.76

Democratic People's
116 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.0031.18
Republic of Korea

117 Kuwait 0.34 0.36 0.36 0.39 0.00 0.007.56

118 Greenland 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.0015.15

119 Grenada 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0015.85

120 Guinea 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00-46.80

121 Guyana 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.0026.69

122 Haiti 0.16 0.14 0.15 0.13 0.00 0.00-14.77

123 Indonesia 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.00 0.0029.14

124 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00-79.94

125 Iraq 0.09 0.12 0.23 0.14 0.00 0.00-37.90

126 Hungary 0.77 0.81 0.79 0.80 0.00 0.001.72

127 Dominican Republic 0.62 0.56 0.50 0.39 0.00 0.00-21.54

128 Equatorial Guinea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00127.25

129 Cuba 0.10 0.08 0.03 0.04 0.00 0.0019.84

130 Benin 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.09 0.00 0.00308.24

131 Denmark 2.55 2.92 3.10 3.48 0.00 0.0012.53

132 Congo 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.0015.27

 Democratic Republic of the
133 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00-7.36
Congo

134 Cook Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-32.88

135 Costa Rica 0.19 0.17 0.33 0.20 0.00 0.00-38.55

136 Comoros 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0034.21

137 Christmas Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00827.03

138 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-20.59

139 Gambia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0046.95

140 Palestine 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0010.90

141 Ghana 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00-16.44

North Africa not elsewhere

142 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-
specified

143 Gibraltar 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.007.84

144 Kiribati 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-16.16

French South Antarctic

145 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-16.54
Territories

146 Djibouti 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00-25.34

147 Gabon 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.0043.01

148 Eritrea 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0026.55

149 Faroe Islands 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.0022.48

150 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-6.53

British Indian Ocean

151 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-33.33
Territories

152 Solomon Is 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-26.45

153 British Virgin Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-37.07

154 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00-

155 Bulgaria 0.44 0.47 0.44 0.47 0.00 0.007.15

156 Myanmar 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00-21.76

157 Burundi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00139.51

158 Belarus 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.00 0.0012.00

159 Cambodia 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.10 0.00 0.0013.48

160 Cameroon 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00-7.02

161 Botswana 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00-

162 British Antarctic Territories 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-

163 Cape Verde 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0044.20

164 Cayman Islands 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.0059.78

165 Central African Republic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0095.44

166 Sri Lanka 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.10 0.00 0.0019.08

167 Chad 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-14.75

168 Chile 0.46 0.62 0.73 0.93 0.00 0.0027.02

169 Bangladesh 0.41 0.34 0.06 0.04 0.00 0.00-25.47

170 Bermuda 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.0031.83

171 Bhutan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-3.57

172 Argentina 0.05 0.09 0.12 0.15 0.00 0.0024.43

173 Bahamas 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00-29.01

174 Afghanistan 0.08 0.05

INDIA'S EXPORTS OF READYMADE GARMENTS, KNIT APPAREL & WOVEN APPAREL DURING JAN-FEB 2009:

KNIT APPAREL
EXPORTS

%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
%age %age Growth Share Share India's
share in share in in in in Knit
India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Apparel
Rank in knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Exports
India's apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Jan-Feb
Exports exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World
0 -- 3997.72 4221.10 100 100 5.59 359.864 367.301 413.227 397.728 727.165 810.955 100 100 11.52
1 USA 1192.81 1211.03 29.84 28.69 1.53 103.884 103.569 102.703 90.648 207.453 193.351 28.53 23.84 -6.8
2 Germany 441.79 436.42 11.05 10.34 -1.22 37.427 42.916 64.313 62.323 80.344 126.637 11.05 15.62 57.62
3 UK 430.75 395.48 10.78 9.37 -8.19 30.364 35.593 36.524 38.618 65.957 75.142 9.07 9.27 13.93
4 France 330.57 337.34 8.27 7.99 2.05 30.614 29.134 31.691 28.631 59.748 60.322 8.22 7.44 0.96
5 UAE 227.51 322.97 5.69 7.65 41.96 21.872 20.710 25.910 29.702 42.582 55.612 5.86 6.86 30.6
6 Italy 242.32 243.91 6.06 5.78 0.65 24.901 26.039 26.009 22.208 50.939 48.217 7.01 5.95 -5.34
Netherlan
7 ds 143.77 175.79 3.6 4.17 22.27 14.773 15.873 19.575 20.624 30.647 40.200 4.22 4.96 31.17
8 Spain 137.86 159.80 3.45 3.79 15.91 16.599 14.960 15.682 12.594 31.559 28.276 4.34 3.49 -10.4
9 Canada 142.80 142.68 3.57 3.38 -0.09 12.265 13.278 15.523 14.912 25.543 30.436 3.51 3.75 19.16
10 Belgium 67.75 94.87 1.7 2.25 40.03 5.902 6.407 9.136 5.949 12.309 15.084 1.69 1.86 22.55
11 Denmark 82.55 81.75 2.07 1.94 -0.97 8.790 10.179 7.813 7.714 18.968 15.528 2.61 1.92 -18.14
Saudi
12 Arabia 52.84 66.50 1.32 1.58 25.84 6.763 4.305 4.434 4.988 11.068 9.422 1.52 1.16 -14.88
Switzerlan
13 d 39.48 40.80 0.99 0.97 3.35 3.092 4.048 3.951 3.688 7.140 7.639 0.98 0.94 6.99
South
14 Africa 29.73 37.79 0.74 0.9 27.08 2.158 2.099 2.187 3.099 4.257 5.286 0.59 0.65 24.17
15 Mexico 31.50 34.20 0.79 0.81 8.56 3.214 2.005 2.477 2.996 5.219 5.473 0.72 0.68 4.87
16 Russia 57.77 33.86 1.45 0.8 -41.38 5.380 3.971 1.459 0.988 9.351 2.447 1.29 0.3 -73.83
17 Sweden 31.14 33.52 0.78 0.79 7.64 3.728 3.359 3.239 3.972 7.087 7.211 0.98 0.89 1.75
 18 Finland 22.58 26.85 0.57 0.64 18.9 1.844 2.609 2.630 2.340 4.452 4.970 0.61 0.61 11.62
19 Ireland 39.22 24.13 0.98 0.57 -38.48 2.094 2.756 5.658 6.573 4.850 12.231 0.67 1.51 152.18
20 Singapore 19.15 22.72 0.48 0.54 18.63 1.118 1.663 2.279 2.730 2.781 5.009 0.38 0.62 80.13

WOVEN APPAREL EXPORTS

%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
Growth Share Share India's
%age in %age in in in in Woven
India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Apparel
Rank in Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Exports
India's Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Jan-Feb
Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World 1149.91 1135.23
0 -- 5221.12 5889.69 100 100 12.81 565.506 584.407 571.753 563.477 3 0 100 100 -1.28
1 USA 1622.42 1545.33 31.07 26.24 -4.75 175.791 177.818 155.147 142.237 353.608 297.384 30.75 26.2 -15.9
2 UK 675.87 718.96 12.95 12.21 6.38 67.492 71.538 56.039 61.988 139.030 118.027 12.09 10.4 -15.11
3 UAE 398.14 566.45 7.63 9.62 42.27 34.656 34.998 41.906 39.557 69.655 81.463 6.06 7.18 16.95
4 Germany 324.56 395.74 6.22 6.72 21.93 42.075 49.563 49.010 54.550 91.637 103.560 7.97 9.12 13.01
5 France 338.24 384.19 6.48 6.52 13.58 43.522 42.523 48.779 43.683 86.045 92.462 7.48 8.15 7.46
6 Spain 195.85 292.02 3.75 4.96 49.11 27.174 28.810 43.531 38.655 55.984 82.186 4.87 7.24 46.8
Netherlan
7 ds 194.43 237.04 3.72 4.03 21.92 22.619 23.809 22.153 20.505 46.428 42.658 4.04 3.76 -8.12
8 Italy 180.39 187.44 3.46 3.18 3.91 24.199 22.540 23.641 19.555 46.739 43.196 4.07 3.81 -7.58
Saudi
9 Arabia 156.28 159.90 2.99 2.72 2.32 7.437 7.151 6.959 7.672 14.588 14.632 1.27 1.29 0.3
10 Denmark 115.37 151.69 2.21 2.58 31.48 14.484 14.858 17.364 19.040 29.342 36.404 2.55 3.21 24.07
11 Belgium 108.70 134.96 2.08 2.29 24.15 16.034 10.926 12.729 10.960 26.960 23.689 2.35 2.09 -12.13
12 Canada 110.13 118.38 2.11 2.01 7.49 11.963 12.333 12.169 13.250 24.297 25.419 2.11 2.24 4.62
13 Japan 91.51 115.27 1.75 1.96 25.96 8.790 13.185 12.594 15.085 21.975 27.679 1.91 2.44 25.96
14 Sweden 45.09 66.40 0.86 1.13 47.25 5.943 7.971 7.693 8.480 13.914 16.172 1.21 1.43 16.23
15 Turkey 30.68 43.15 0.59 0.73 40.65 3.798 4.915 3.352 4.903 8.713 8.255 0.76 0.73 -5.26
16 Tanzania 21.68 42.71 0.42 0.73 97.05 2.129 2.201 2.166 2.166 4.329 4.333 0.38 0.38 0.08
17 Malaysia 32.99 42.05 0.63 0.71 27.48 2.122 2.074 2.737 2.554 4.196 5.291 0.37 0.47 26.09
18 Australia 28.08 41.57 0.54 0.71 48.03 2.199 2.327 3.260 3.524 4.527 6.784 0.39 0.6 49.86
19 Mexico 35.22 36.94 0.68 0.63 4.88 3.700 3.322 3.885 3.401 7.022 7.286 0.61 0.64 3.75
 South
20 Africa 31.01 31.80 0.59 0.54 2.55 1.888 1.928 1.583 2.768 3.817 4.352 0.33 0.38 14.01

READYMADE GARMENTS EXPORTS

%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
Growth Share Share India's
%age in %age in in in in apparel
Rank in India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Exports
India's apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel Jan-Feb
Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World 10110.7 1877.07 1946.18
0 -- 9218.84 8 100 100 9.68 925.369 951.708 984.980 961.205 8 5 100 100 3.68
1 USA 2815.24 2756.36 30.54 27.26 -2.09 279.675 281.387 257.850 232.884 561.061 490.735 29.89 25.22 -12.53
2 UK 1106.62 1114.45 12 11.02 0.71 97.857 107.131 92.563 100.606 204.988 193.169 10.92 9.93 -5.77
3 UAE 625.65 889.42 6.79 8.8 42.16 56.528 55.708 67.816 69.259 112.237 137.075 5.98 7.04 22.13
4 Germany 766.35 832.16 8.31 8.23 8.59 79.502 92.479 113.323 116.873 171.981 230.197 9.16 11.83 33.85
5 France 668.81 721.53 7.26 7.14 7.88 74.136 71.657 80.470 72.314 145.792 152.784 7.77 7.85 4.8
6 Spain 333.71 451.82 3.62 4.47 35.39 43.773 43.770 59.213 51.250 87.543 110.462 4.66 5.68 26.18
7 Italy 422.71 431.34 4.59 4.27 2.04 49.100 48.578 49.650 41.763 97.678 91.413 5.2 4.7 -6.41
Netherlan
8 ds 338.20 412.83 3.67 4.08 22.07 37.392 39.682 41.728 41.129 77.074 82.858 4.11 4.26 7.5
9 Canada 252.93 261.05 2.74 2.58 3.21 24.228 25.611 27.693 28.162 49.840 55.855 2.66 2.87 12.07
10 Denmark 197.92 233.44 2.15 2.31 17.95 23.273 25.037 25.178 26.754 48.310 51.932 2.57 2.67 7.5
11 Belgium 176.45 229.82 1.91 2.27 30.25 21.936 17.334 21.865 16.908 39.269 38.773 2.09 1.99 -1.26
Saudi
12 Arabia 209.12 226.40 2.27 2.24 8.26 14.200 11.456 11.394 12.660 25.656 24.054 1.37 1.24 -6.24
13 Japan 101.38 125.00 1.1 1.24 23.29 9.930 14.143 13.675 16.738 24.073 30.414 1.28 1.56 26.34
14 Sweden 76.23 99.92 0.83 0.99 31.07 9.671 11.330 10.931 12.452 21.001 23.383 1.12 1.2 11.34
15 Mexico 66.72 71.13 0.72 0.7 6.62 6.914 5.327 6.361 6.398 12.241 12.759 0.65 0.66 4.23
South
16 Africa 60.74 69.58 0.66 0.69 14.56 4.046 4.028 3.771 5.867 8.074 9.638 0.43 0.5 19.37
17 Turkey 39.02 61.47 0.42 0.61 57.52 5.257 6.682 5.305 6.202 11.939 11.507 0.64 0.59 -3.62
18 Australia 38.06 55.70 0.41 0.55 46.33 3.823 3.654 4.997 5.107 7.476 10.103 0.4 0.52 35.14
Switzerlan
19 d 51.10 54.25 0.55 0.54 6.16 4.891 5.660 5.359 5.319 10.550 10.677 0.56 0.55 1.2
20 Malaysia 38.31 50.83 0.42 0.5 32.68 2.468 2.526 3.534 2.816 4.994 6.349 0.27 0.33 27.14
MAJOR INDIAN EXPORTERS OF APPAREL

 Welspun India

• Asia’s largest and world’s 4th largest terry towel manufacturer

• Supply to Wal-mart, Hilfiger

• Sales grew by 35% to reach 650 cr in 05-06

 Alok Industries

• Largest processing capacity in India

• Sales grew by 15% to 1285 cr.

• Diversified manufacturer of world-class apparel ,fabrics selling directly to garment manufacturers and
exporters.

• Arvind Mills

• 72% share of Indian Denim market.

• World’s largest exporter of denim and Asia’s

largest denim producer.

 Gokaldas exports

 95% revenue comes from the export market

 20% growth in sales, reached 860 cr in 05-06

 Raymond Ltd.

 Businesses in textiles, readymade garments,

 Leader in textiles and apparel in India and enjoys a prominent position internationally

 Produces pure wool, wool blended and polyester viscose fabrics, blankets and furnishing fabrics

 Indian Rayon (IRIL)

 Aditya Birla Group’s most diversified conglomerate

 Second largest producer of viscose filament yarn and the largest branded apparel in India.

 Focus areas are viscose filament yarn, carbon black, branded apparels, textiles and insulators

 Arvind Mills

 Ambattur Clothing

 Celebrity Fashions

 Creative Group

 Eastman Exports

 Gokaldas Exports

 Gokaldas Images

 Mohan Karle Group

 Leela Scottish Lace

 Modelama Exports

 Orient Craft

 Poppys Knit Wear

 PS Apparels

 Raymond

 Silver Spark Apparel

 Everblue Apparel

 Celebrations Apparel

 Richa Group

 Sonal Garments

 SP Apparels
 Texport Garments

 Texport Syndicate

 V & S International
Trend in Export
 READYMADE
GARMENTS
%age
Change
%age Share in in India's
Rank in India's RMG RMG
India's Value of Exports - READYMADE GARMENTS Exports Exports
Exports Destinati Jan-Feb
of RMG on 2008 /Jan-
Year 2007 Country Year 2005Year 2006Year 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 Feb 2007
0 TOTAL 8078.05 8948.44 9218.84 1658.02 1877.08 100 100 13.21
1 USA 2678.3 2937.1 2815.24 542.24 561.06 32.7 29.89 3.47
2 UK 905.58 919.39 1106.62 171.89 204.99 10.37 10.92 19.26
3 Germany 615.15 670.92 766.35 120.81 171.98 7.29 9.16 42.36
4 France 582.75 683.42 668.81 136.42 145.79 8.23 7.77 6.87
5 UA E 438.57 513.17 625.65 73.75 112.24 4.45 5.98 52.19
KNIT APPAREL
(HS61)
%age
Change
in India's
Rank in %age Share in Knit
India's India's Knit Apparel Apparel
Exports Value of Exports - Knit Apparel (HS 61) Exports Exports
of Knit Destinati Jan-Feb
Apparel on 2008 /Jan-
Year 2007 Country Year 2005 Year 2006 Year 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 Feb 2007
0 TOTAL 3016.84 3524.5 3997.72 625.97 727.16 100 100 16.17
1 USA 834.68 1097.82 1192.81 193.49 207.45 30.91 28.53 7.21
2 Germany 349.6 347.59 441.79 60.1 80.34 9.6 11.05 33.68
3 UK 322.9 340.06 430.75 54.79 65.96 8.75 9.07 20.37
4 France 245.39 290.05 330.57 53.23 59.75 8.5 8.22 12.24
5 Italy 171.09 220.86 242.33 49.53 50.94 7.91 7.01 2.84
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