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Related Keywords: custom clearance at ports, EU and Canada, Free trade agreement, international fairs, MAI, market promotional activities, MDA, TEA, Technology Upgradation Fund, textile exports, Tirupur Exporters Association, Tirupur exports

The Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) at an Exporters' Meet held at Tirupur, Panda made an appeal to take up the issue of 24 X 7 customs clearance at the ports, a proposal announced by the Finanace Minister Arun Jaitley in the budget, to expedite the movement of garments.

Union textile secretary, Sanjay Kumar Panda in response to the appeal made has assured the knitwear garment exporters to take up various issues either confronting them or pending for implementation with the concerned ministries and try to resolve them.

Related Keywords: boost weavers, buyer-seller meet, Flipkart, handloom industry, handloom product, international fairs, marketing support, Ministry of Textiles, online marketing platform

The Ministry of Textiles to provide marketing support has taken initiatives such as organisation of domestic marketing events, participation in international fairs and buyer-seller meets etc. But, in the present scenario of online marketing and net savvy consumers, there is a need to provide an online marketing platform to handloom industry so that exquisite handloom products from remote villages are made available to discerning buyers.