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The textile industry in and around Coimbatore, Tirupur, Karur and part of Bengaluru was facing shortage of labour, particularly skilled workers, which at any given time requires three lakh to five lakh workers, a board member of Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) Srihari Balakrishnan said.

He was speaking at a function organized to distribute certificates and appointment orders in ITF member mills trained under Skill Development Programme.

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Tirupur, the main hub for knitwear in the country witnessed growth in its garment exports by 16.3 percent to Rs23,050 crore in fiscal year 2016. It contributes nearly 90% of total cotton knitwear exported from the country.

A Sakthivel, President of Tirupur exporters association opined that exports from Tirupur would sustain growth in the current fiscal too following good demand from EU and this can be doubled if the Free Trade agreement (FTA) is finalized.

They have seen growth in Europe and getting new buyers. Exports can jump to Rs.50,000 crore if the FTA with EU is in place.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn price, fluorescent jacket, knitwear segment, Knitwear Technology Mission, KTM, man made fiber, spring and summer garments, synthetic garment market, Tamil Nadu, Tirupur, Tirupur Exporters' Association

Garment exporters in Tirupur currently dominated by cotton garments are seeing opportunity in synthetic garments, as labour costs are increasing in China, which dominate the global synthetic garment business.

According to Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA), garment exporters are in the process of tapping synthetic and blended garment segments in a big way, which constitute about 70 percent of global demand.