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Indian yarn shipment plunged to about 100 million kg in April and, according to industry estimate, further to 90 million kg each in May and June, after clocking average monthly exports of about 120 million kg in 2013-14, which was 33% more than the previous year.

In the first quarter ended June, yarn exports witnessed decline by about 20% year-on-year, with China reducing its fabric production due to which lesser demand from China, there has been an impact on yarn imports.

Related Keywords: EU, Indian textiles, textile import duty

Textile import policies have made Indian textiles unfavorable for European customers. The government has told several European countries in recent discussions that their "skewed" due to import duty on its textiles which is nearly 10% and has asked European countries to waive import duty on its textiles, arguing that the quality of its cloth is better than that supplied by Pakistan and Bangladesh under zero duty.