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Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA), NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute, and the Indian Texpreneurs Federation is organizing a three day Textile Research Conclave on February 10 under the support of Union Ministry of Textiles in the knitwear hub of India, Tirupur.

The objective of the event is to encourage product diversification, productivity, and sustainability in textile clusters, said TEA president Raja Shanmugam.

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The government urged to reconsider the decision to reduce the duty drawback to knitwear export sector from 7.6 to two percent as it would hit hard the garment sector in neighbouring Tirupur export garment sector said , Tirupur Exporters Association president Raja M Shanmugham.

It has come as a rude shock to exporters, who are already facing severe competition in the global market, he said and appealed to the government to have a re-look at the issue.

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India's garment exports to US in the category Men/Boys cotton knit shirts has clocked number one position in terms of market share, it is for the first time in the history due to the slowdown in China. According to the data released by Office of Textile and Apparel, US department of commerce, India exported 8.5 million dozens of men/boys cotton shirts to US. India's share in total men/boys knitwear shirts import in US stood at 8.7 percent in June.

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Telangana and Odisha plan to replicate some of the successes of the Tirupur cluster of garment units. The officials of both the states have appealed to big garment units in Tirupur such as Dollar, Lux and Rupa to invest in their respective states.

According to sources, officials from Odisha textile handloom industries department recently made a visit to Tirupur to have a first-hand information and the cluster’s successful operation over the years.

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Tirupur apparel exporters to achieve their vision on making the cluster a ‘zero defect textile manufacturing hub’ in India sought government support for a one-time intervention.

Tirupur Exporters’ Association president Raja M Shanmugham recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for making Indian manufacturing sector “zero defect and zero effect” from the ramparts of Red Fort last August, said that Tirupur industrial cluster is best suited to implement the initiative.

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At a meeting held with textile minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi, the Tirupur Exporters’ Association president Raja M Shanmugham said that because of its MSME dominant nature and the slender margins in which the textile industry was operating, the entire textile sector may be placed in the lowest slab of the GST so that industry can absorb the levy without any significant impact on the business.

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Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) In its pre-budget memorandum submitted to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has urged the Centre to provide adequate infrastructure facilities such as world class design studio, Research and Development Centre and incubation centre for technical textile that will empower successful textile clusters.

These infrastructure facilities will facilitate rapid growth of not only the existing textile business, but also enable its foray into the niche segments creating quantum growth opportunities to the industry

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The ninth edition of Yarnex - India International Yarn Exhibition organized by S. S. Textile Media got off to a colourful start in Tirupur on Friday displaying an innovative portfolio of fabrics, yarns, embellishments and accessories from across the globe. Earlier, Tirupur Exporters Association president-elect Raja M. Shanmugam inaugurated the fair.

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UK’s decision to exit from the European Union which in turn impacted the currency, worries exporters from the tiny town of Tirupur as many of the exporters exports around Rs26,000 crore of knitwear. According to A Saktivel, president, Tirupur Exporters Association, it will be temporary but in the long run this will help them since UK will support more which it could not when it was part of the EU.

EU is a major destination for readymade garments (RMG) export from India. In 2015-16, total RMG exports from India was Rs 1,11,236 crore, of which EU's share was 36.97%.

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A. Sakthivel, president of Tirupur Exporters Association, handed over memorandum consisting of many demands to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Friday. Among the many demands Tirupur knitwear exporters seeks inclusion of 59 additional items as “speciality fabrics” to avail the import benefits under Export Performance Scheme and sought absorption of premium for post-ship guarantee by the banks.