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The apparel export industry is poised to grow in 2017 with the initiatives announced by the government along with the good quality products aided by innovative design prowess will drive the change for the industry. Ashok Rajani, Chairman AEPC said in the evening of the award for excellence in global exports for apparel sector.

The growth will also help in meeting the target of Rs. 6000 crore and create 1 crore jobs set up by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in a special package for the Apparel Export Industry.

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Sri Lankan textile exports are expected to experience a downfall because of the U.S. led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact. Competition from TPP signatories such as Vietnam could deal a blow to the South Asian nation's apparel export industry, which currently employs half a million Sri Lankans and provides 44 percent of all manufactured goods exported by the country.