Related Keywords: anti-dumping duty on various yarns imported, cut down production, decide to keep units closed, economic downturn and the increasing prices of fuel and inflation, FOGWA, powerloom weavers owing to dwindling demand for fabrics, rising price of yarn, Surat biggest MMF centre, two days a week
Surat is the country's biggest man-made fabric (MMF) centre having over 6.5 lakh powerloom weaving machines, employing over 8 lakh workers manufactures over three crore meter of fabric per day. The Powerloom weavers owing to dwindling demand for fabrics and the rising price of yarn have decided to keep their units closed for two days a week to cut down production.
