Ministry of Textiles20-March, 2013 15:55 IST
The Government has taken several measures to broaden India’s exports of products made of cotton instead of exporting cotton itself like
(i) 2% interest subvention scheme on readymade garment sector extended up to March’2014
(ii) Additional incentives for incremental exports to the US, European Union and Asian countries
(iii) Additional duty credit of 2% of FOB value given on export of certain knitwear apparels for the year 2013-14 (iv) Inclusion of new Markets such has New Zealand, Cayman Islands, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria under Focus Market Scheme
(v) 2% market Linked Focus Product Scheme for USA and EU extended up to 31st March, 2013
(vi) Use of Focus Market Scheme, Focus Product Scheme, status holder incentive scrip and MLFPS for payment of excise duty for domestic procurement and
(vii) extension of Zero duty EPCG scheme up to 31st March, 2013 etc.
The Plan of action prepared by Government to boost the apparel exports made of cotton from India are
(a) Continuation of MAI (Market Access Initiatives) and MDA (Market Development Assistance) to apparel export for market diversification and to increase their share in world trade
(b) Skill development programme under ATDC to make available skill workforce to apparel export sector (c) Assistance under Technological Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS).
The year-wise value of India’s exports of textiles & clothing products (Principal commodity-wise) including cotton, jute, silk, man-made textiles, wool and woollen textiles and others during the last three years till date is at Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
India’s export of textiles & clothing (Principal commodity-wise)
|
Item |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12(P) |
Variation |
2012-13(Apr-Jan)(P) |
|
|
|
US$ Mn |
US$ Mn |
US$ Mn |
US$ |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn |
|
Readymade Garment |
10064.73 |
11026.29 |
13072.95 |
18.56% |
53719.76 |
9861.70 |
|
RMG of cotton incl. accessories |
8048.32 |
8576.60 |
9626.91 |
12.25% |
36611.78 |
6721.08 |
|
RMG of Man-made fibre |
1214.59 |
1478.62 |
2177.15 |
47.24% |
10794.46 |
1981.61 |
|
RMG of other textile material |
801.82 |
971.07 |
1268.89 |
30.67% |
6313.52 |
1159.02 |
|
Cotton Textiles |
5711.41 |
8684.09 |
11321.49 |
30.37% |
47104.59 |
8647.31 |
|
Cotton raw including waste |
2016.20 |
2891.77 |
4513.79 |
56.09% |
14203.61 |
2607.45 |
|
Cotton yarn, fabrics & madeups |
3695.20 |
5792.31 |
6807.69 |
17.53% |
32900.98 |
6039.86 |
|
Man-made textiles |
3970.88 |
4704.58 |
5630.83 |
19.69% |
22524.24 |
4134.93 |
|
Manmade staple fibres |
357.42 |
421.92 |
565.98 |
34.14% |
2195.16 |
402.98 |
|
Manmade yarn, fab. & madeups |
3613.46 |
4282.65 |
5064.84 |
18.26% |
20329.08 |
3731.95 |
|
Wool & Woolen textiles |
470.20 |
442.13 |
508.13 |
14.93% |
1926.32 |
353.63 |
|
RMG of Wool |
380.36 |
332.00 |
356.53 |
7.39% |
1382.10 |
253.72 |
|
Woollen yarn, fabrics &madeups |
89.84 |
110.13 |
151.60 |
37.66% |
544.22 |
99.91 |
|
Silk |
596.05 |
631.54 |
473.00 |
-25.10% |
1833.07 |
336.51 |
|
RMG of Silk |
292.46 |
256.92 |
264.50 |
2.95% |
1065.81 |
195.66 |
|
Natural silk yarn, fab. & madeups |
298.32 |
364.93 |
198.11 |
-45.71% |
713.66 |
131.01 |
|
Silk waste |
5.27 |
9.68 |
10.39 |
7.29% |
53.60 |
9.84 |
|
Handloom Products* |
264.85 |
346.07 |
554.01 |
60.09% |
2446.53 |
449.13 |
|
Textiles (excl HC, jute & coir) |
21078.12 |
25834.69 |
31560.40 |
22.16% |
129554.51 |
23783.21 |
|
Handicrafts |
961.67 |
1293.97 |
1079.44 |
-16.58% |
5406.03 |
992.42 |
|
Handicrafts (excluding handmade carpets) |
225.48 |
257.20 |
233.58 |
-9.18% |
984.20 |
180.68 |
|
Carpets (excluding silk) handmade |
727.61 |
1034.20 |
841.85 |
-18.60% |
4403.96 |
808.47 |
|
Silk carpets |
8.58 |
2.57 |
4.01 |
56.12% |
17.87 |
3.28 |
|
Coir & Coir Manufacturers |
160.60 |
159.63 |
213.05 |
33.46% |
891.94 |
163.74 |
|
Coir & Coir Manufacturers |
160.60 |
159.63 |
213.05 |
33.46% |
891.94 |
163.74 |
|
Jute |
218.40 |
459.69 |
457.33 |
-0.52% |
1766.96 |
324.37 |
|
Floor covering of jute |
59.42 |
74.23 |
52.56 |
-29.19% |
223.35 |
41.00 |
|
Other jute manufactures |
63.46 |
109.77 |
153.74 |
40.05% |
613.40 |
112.61 |
|
Jute yarn |
30.48 |
116.86 |
58.87 |
-49.62% |
207.72 |
38.13 |
|
Jute hessian |
65.04 |
158.84 |
192.16 |
20.98% |
722.49 |
132.63 |
|
Textiles (incl. HC, coir & jute) |
22418.79 |
27747.98 |
33310.21 |
20.05% |
137619.44 |
25263.74 |
|
% Textile Exports |
12.54% |
11.05% |
10.93% |
10.49% |
10.49% |
|
|
India`s overall exports |
178751.43 |
251136.19 |
304623.53 |
21.30% |
1312482.58 |
240941.41 |
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics of India( Principal Commodities & Countries), DGCI&S for export figures in Rupee and Department of Commerce(Intranet) -Exchange rate
*Handloom Products have been included as commodities first time in 2009-10
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles, Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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