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Related Keywords: additional allocation of funds, CITI, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, improve its competitiveness, spinning sector, Textile capital intensive industry, TUFS, under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme, upgrade technology

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) on Friday sought additional allocation of around Rs.3,000 crore under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) stating unhealthy conditions faced by spinning sector.

The additional allocation will help clear the subsidy amount pending for earlier commitments from December 2014 to March 2015 under the TUFS scheme and also for new investments this year.

Related Keywords: Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, foreign trade policy, ignored cotton yarn sector, Indian textile industry, not address sector specific issue, on FTA, proposal to focus, second largest employment provider, SIMA, tariff reduction, Textile exporters, Textile mills

Textile industry is the second largest employment provider in the country and whose contribution to the country’s growth has been well recognized. But in terms of strengthening the manufacturing base, promoting exports and generating employment, has not got its dues in the Foreign Trade Policy. Textile mills have expressed disappointment over the foreign trade policy announcement as it does not address some of the sector-specific issues. While, Textile exporters feel let down by the new foreign trade policy (FTP), which they said has ignored the cotton yarn sector

Related Keywords: budget and textile, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, excise duty on manmade fibre, excise duty on textile filament, Indian textiles, prem malik, Southern India Mills’ Association, Union budget 2015

The Union Budget 2015-16 has nothing for the Indian textile industry as it failed to consider the demands put forth by the industry. The industry has expressed disappointment over the budget announcements as the major demands have not been met.

The industry’s wish list submitted prior to the Budget announcement included:
Cut in duties to ensure that raw material costs, cost of converting raw material into finished goods as well as the tariff are less than or equal to international prices,
Reduction in excise duty from 12 per cent to 6 per cent, and

Related Keywords: Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, diversify to new product categories, fabric and apparel exports, man made fibre industry, scale up production facilities, Texfair

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry Chairman Prem Malik at the inauguration of Texfair, an international textile machinery, Spares and Accessories Expo which began in Coimbatore on January 9, emphasized on the potential of Man Made Fibres Industry.

According to CITI the Indian textile industry has the potential to cross a turnover of $ 350 billion by 2025 if it diversifies to new product categories like Man Made Fibres (MMF),

Related Keywords: Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, exhibition of textile machinery, Indian textile industry, MMF, Ninth edition of Texfair, second edition of Farm to Finish, SIMA, spares and accessories, textile product exhibition, TUFS

The ninth edition of Texfair, an exhibition of textile machinery spares and accessories, and the second edition of Farm to Finish, an exhibition of textile products started off at the Codissia Trade Fair Complex organized by Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA). The event is on for four days from January 9.

At the inaugural of Texfair 2015, Prem Malik, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, said that one of the main areas that the Indian textile industry needs to focus on is diversifying to man-made fibre-based textile products.

Related Keywords: Central government of India, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, cotton yarn, demand for exports, DGFT, export of cotton, exporter, globally cotton prices, minimum support price, Secretary-General, targeted export volume

The Centre government of India has done away with the registration requirement for exports of cotton and its yarn, the exporters now need not register with the Director-General of Foreign Trade before making the shipment. The government said on Monday in two separate notifications.

Earlier, traders were required to register their targeted export volume in advance for the entire year. With the change in rules, it is likely to speed up shipments, particularly when overseas demand for cotton and yarn has dropped sharply.

Related Keywords: CITI, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, D K Nair, SIMA, Southern India Mills Association, T Rajkumar, yarn export to china, Yarn import in china

China is now buying lesser yarn from India, putting Indian export under pressure. Moreover, buyers in China are insisting on lower pricing citing that Indian rupee has strengthened against US$. Over the past one month, Indian yarn export price to China has declined 6- 7 per cent and is hovering around US$3.30 a kg. Until January, China was importing about 110 -120 million kg yarn per month on an average.