Related Keywords: aim to produce around thirty four thousand MTs. production growing year to year, an annual growth rate of nineteen percent, Central silk board, Chairman K M Hanumantharayappa, India is expected to be self-sufficient in silk production, next three to four years, stop silk imports from China
India is expected to be self-sufficient in silk production by 2020 with an annual growth rate of 19 percent, the aim is to produce around 34,000 MTs. At present the output is 28,000 MTs (metric tonne) to 30,000 MTs and the production is growing year to year, said Central Silk Board (CSB) Chairman K M Hanumantharayappa.
China produces 80 percent of global silk output, while India's share is 13 percent, while the production in other countries account for the remaining 7 percent.
