Related Keywords: AEPC, Canada and China, Europe, European Union, Focus Product Scheme, Indian textile industry, major importing countries, tariff barriers, Texprocil
The Indian textile industry is facing tariff barriers imposed by major importing countries such as from the European Union, Canada and China. While the competing countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam have negligible duty. Hence to overcome these tariff barriers the Government has been urged to increase the export incentives under the Focus Product Scheme to seven percent from two percent.