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India garment exports due to steady flow of orders from Europe and a weaker rupee witnessed a jump of 23% in August to $1.38billion. With a robust growth in August, exports in the April-August period hit $7.07 billion, up 18% y-o-y, according to the Apparel Exports Promotion Council (AEPC) data.

Having slipped nearly 6% in the last fiscal and witnessing a drop in 10 of the 12 months of 2012-13, garment exports started picking up since March last year as the domestic currency continued a downward journey and demand from the US started picking up due to an economic recovery.

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The Indian textile industry is facing tariff barriers imposed by major importing countries such as from the European Union, Canada and China. While the competing countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam have negligible duty. Hence to overcome these tariff barriers the Government has been urged to increase the export incentives under the Focus Product Scheme to seven percent from two percent.

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India witnessed growth in its apparel exports in May to $1.49 billion a rise by 24.96 percent, despite sluggish shipment to established partners in countries like U.S. and Europe. The growth in apparel exports is mainly attributed to the strong demand from non-traditional markets like Latin America, East and West Asia and Southern Africa.

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According to data released by the India garment exporter body, Apparel Export Promotion Council, textiles exports in 2013 were at US$40 billion, ranking second in world trade. It has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge second largest textile exporter, but lags China, World No. 1. China's exports are nearly seven times higher than India at US$274 billion.

Developing countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam have emerged as major suppliers to retail chains in Europe and the US on the back of cheap labour and lower-duty access.

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Apparel exports have surged 26 per cent in the first seven months of 2013-14, touching Rs 49,200 crore. Speaking at an annual export award function Dr. Rao, Union Textiles Minister said, "The apparel sector has earned Rs. 49,200 crores foreign exchange in April-October, 2013, showing a growth of 26% over the same period during year 2012. Income in both the currencies i.e. INR and US$ are buoyant. In dollar terms, the growth is 15.5% (US$ 8.2 billion) during the same period"

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According to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), India's garment exports would touch US$60 billion in the next 3 years, with government's assistance. Speaking on the Textile Conclave 2013, Sakthivel, AEPC Chairman, identified labour shortage to be the biggest bottlenecks. He stated that, "We are getting good orders and have won the confidence of buyers. As a brand India we are recognized everywhere but challenge is translating that leverage into the world textiles global hub." We are looking for skilled people in large number to meet them.

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