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Related Keywords: ECCSA, Embassy of India, Ethiopian textile industry, FDI, India and Ethiopia, Indian investors, Indian textile companies, Indian textile exhibition, MMF textile, The Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Promotion Council

A two days exhibition of Indian textiles was held to strengthen the trade between India and Ethiopia at the Sheraton Addis Hotel where 20 Indian textile companies participated in the exhibition by displaying their products for buyers.

The event was organized by Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectorial Association (ECCSA) along with Embassy of India and the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Promotion Council and it was opened on Wednesday, August 13, 2014.

Related Keywords: Egypt, Man made fibre hub, MMF textile, of Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry, Pakistan, textile exports, trade issue, unrest

Surat, country's biggest man-made fibre hub for the first time due to continued political and civil crisis along with unresolved trade issues between India and Pakistan is seeing a major impact on their man made fabric (MMF) textiles exports, including fabrics to Pakistan has taken a hit and declined by 16 percent.
 
Exports to Egypt, too, have declined by more than 23 per cent due to the political crisis there. As compared to $219 million worth of export in 2012-13, India exported $167 million worth of MMF textiles in 2013-14 to Egypt.