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The garments industry in India is one of the best in the world. An extremely well organized sector, garment
manufacturers, exporters, suppliers, stockists and wholesalers are the gateway to an extremely enterprising clothing and
apparel industry in India. There are numerous garments exporters, garments manufacturers; readymade garments
exporters etc. both in the small scale as well as large scale.
During April-December 1999-2000, textile exports were recorded as US $ 9735.2 million (Rs.440179.4 million), of which
readymade garments comprised nearly 40%. Interestingly, almost ¼ of India's total exports goes to the USA.
Indian readymade garments and textiles are extremely popular the world over. In fact, exports of readymade garments
registered a 6.4% increase in dollar terms and an 11.6% increase in rupee terms during the period April-December 1999-
2000, despite a sluggish growth in income both at home and abroad. Indian Garment export growth during April-June
1998 for woolen readymade garments was a phenomenal 150%, for readymade garments made of silk it was 58%, and
for other readymade garments it was 39%, in dollar terms.
Today, garments exports from India have made inroads into the international market for their durability, quality and
beauty. One of the reasons for the economical pricing of India's readymade garments and apparels is the availability of
highly skilled, cheap labor in the country. The superiority of India's Garment Industry has been acknowledged in the
National Textile Policy (NTP) of India 2000. Having realized the tremendous growth potential of this sector there is a
proposal in the NTP for taking the Indian Garment Industry out of the SSI reservation list.
TRADE DYNAMICS
India is the 5th largest exporter of ready made garments in the world. The Ready made garments industry is one of the
largest and most prominent sectors of the Indian economy, in terms of output, foreign exchange earnings and
employment generation. It provides employment to nearly 6 million people. It accounts for the one fifth of the country’s
total export earnings. Indian RMG industry is multi-fibre based, using cotton, jute, wool, silk, man-made and synthetic
fibres.
RMG exports vis-à-vis total exports of India value in US$ Mn
Year RMG Exports % Growth rate India's Total Export % Share of RMG UVR
% Growth in RMG
exports 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 Apr-Sep 2007-08
2005-2006 has been a phenomenal year for RMG exports primarily because of the removal of quota constraint. However, the boom could not be maintained for long as the provisional data
for the period Apr-Sep 2007 show a 13.92% decline in rupee terms and 3.30% decline in dollar terms.
India’s total RMG exports to top five destinations (in million US$) in the 2006-07
Category wise RMG export in last three years
India's Total
RMG Export 6,573.97 8,626.63 8,901.82 3.1
The tabulation reveals that India’s export basket is heavily in favor of the Woven Apparel. India has registered a significant growth of 13.38% in the Knit Apparel segment & thus India can
lay emphasis on this sector for the deepening of its market share.
Growth in April-Aug 2007-08/ April-Aug 2006-07
Apparel export sector can expect more sopsMarch 19, 2010 (India)
The Central Government is expected to announce more sops for the still struggling apparels, leather and engineering sectors in the next week.
The Commerce Ministry had conducted a review of these sectors and came to the conclusion that these sectors still need to be helped out, despite overall
export monthly figures turning positive since the last 3-4 months.
In the recently declared union budget, the government had extended the 2 percent interest subvention scheme for the next fiscal; however sectors like
garments and leather had been removed from the list.
Overall exports from India during April-January 2009-10 had declined by17.8 percent, when compared with the same period, a year ago. Clothing exports
fell by 13 percent in January 2010 from that in January 2009.
India’s Textile and Apparel Industry: Opportunities for Sourcing and Collaboration - Textiles
Intelligence for the Apparel Industry & Textile Industry
India ranks among the top target countries for any company sourcing textiles and apparel. Indeed, apart from China, no
other country can match the size, spread, depth, and competitiveness of the Indian textile and apparel industry. Moreover,
the global elimination of quotas at the end of 2004 has greatly enhanced the opportunities for sourcing from India. This
special report focuses on the opportunities which India now offers as a source of textiles and apparel. Based on a detailed
examination of the performance of a large number of apparel and home textile products in the US and EU markets in
2005, the report identifies those which offer the greatest scope for sourcing from India. The report includes profiles of
Indian textile and apparel companies which are potential partners for sourcing or collaboration. It also examines the
competitiveness of India’s yarn and fabrics industry, identifies opportunities for foreign collaboration, and provides a
wealth of statistical data.
%age
Rank Share
in Import Import Import Import in %age %age
Importe
World ed ed ed ed World Growth Growth
Importer d value
Import value value value value RMG 2006/2 2007/2
in 2007
s year in 2003 in 2004 in 2005 in 2006 Import 005 006
2007 s Year
2007
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.09 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.06-4.00 15.97
66 Trinidad and Tobago 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.0174.65 -23.28
71 United Republic of Tanzania 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.0126.55 7.28
79 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.0031.90 7.77
Centr.Amer.Com.Market
93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-
(CACM) Nes
94 LAIA not elsewhere specified 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-
103 Europe Othr. Nes 0.00 0.01 0.16 0.17 0.00 0.006.49
111 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.18 0.22 0.19 0.23 0.00 0.0025.64
Democratic People's
116 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.0031.18
Republic of Korea
124 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00-79.94
138 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-20.59
150 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-6.53
153 British Virgin Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-37.07
162 British Antarctic Territories 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00-
165 Central African Republic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0095.44
KNIT APPAREL
EXPORTS
%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
%age %age Growth Share Share India's
share in share in in in in Knit
India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Apparel
Rank in knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Knit Exports
India's apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Jan-Feb
Exports exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World
0 -- 3997.72 4221.10 100 100 5.59 359.864 367.301 413.227 397.728 727.165 810.955 100 100 11.52
1 USA 1192.81 1211.03 29.84 28.69 1.53 103.884 103.569 102.703 90.648 207.453 193.351 28.53 23.84 -6.8
2 Germany 441.79 436.42 11.05 10.34 -1.22 37.427 42.916 64.313 62.323 80.344 126.637 11.05 15.62 57.62
3 UK 430.75 395.48 10.78 9.37 -8.19 30.364 35.593 36.524 38.618 65.957 75.142 9.07 9.27 13.93
4 France 330.57 337.34 8.27 7.99 2.05 30.614 29.134 31.691 28.631 59.748 60.322 8.22 7.44 0.96
5 UAE 227.51 322.97 5.69 7.65 41.96 21.872 20.710 25.910 29.702 42.582 55.612 5.86 6.86 30.6
6 Italy 242.32 243.91 6.06 5.78 0.65 24.901 26.039 26.009 22.208 50.939 48.217 7.01 5.95 -5.34
Netherlan
7 ds 143.77 175.79 3.6 4.17 22.27 14.773 15.873 19.575 20.624 30.647 40.200 4.22 4.96 31.17
8 Spain 137.86 159.80 3.45 3.79 15.91 16.599 14.960 15.682 12.594 31.559 28.276 4.34 3.49 -10.4
9 Canada 142.80 142.68 3.57 3.38 -0.09 12.265 13.278 15.523 14.912 25.543 30.436 3.51 3.75 19.16
10 Belgium 67.75 94.87 1.7 2.25 40.03 5.902 6.407 9.136 5.949 12.309 15.084 1.69 1.86 22.55
11 Denmark 82.55 81.75 2.07 1.94 -0.97 8.790 10.179 7.813 7.714 18.968 15.528 2.61 1.92 -18.14
Saudi
12 Arabia 52.84 66.50 1.32 1.58 25.84 6.763 4.305 4.434 4.988 11.068 9.422 1.52 1.16 -14.88
Switzerlan
13 d 39.48 40.80 0.99 0.97 3.35 3.092 4.048 3.951 3.688 7.140 7.639 0.98 0.94 6.99
South
14 Africa 29.73 37.79 0.74 0.9 27.08 2.158 2.099 2.187 3.099 4.257 5.286 0.59 0.65 24.17
15 Mexico 31.50 34.20 0.79 0.81 8.56 3.214 2.005 2.477 2.996 5.219 5.473 0.72 0.68 4.87
16 Russia 57.77 33.86 1.45 0.8 -41.38 5.380 3.971 1.459 0.988 9.351 2.447 1.29 0.3 -73.83
17 Sweden 31.14 33.52 0.78 0.79 7.64 3.728 3.359 3.239 3.972 7.087 7.211 0.98 0.89 1.75
18 Finland 22.58 26.85 0.57 0.64 18.9 1.844 2.609 2.630 2.340 4.452 4.970 0.61 0.61 11.62
19 Ireland 39.22 24.13 0.98 0.57 -38.48 2.094 2.756 5.658 6.573 4.850 12.231 0.67 1.51 152.18
20 Singapore 19.15 22.72 0.48 0.54 18.63 1.118 1.663 2.279 2.730 2.781 5.009 0.38 0.62 80.13
%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
Growth Share Share India's
%age in %age in in in in Woven
India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Apparel
Rank in Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Woven Exports
India's Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Apparel Jan-Feb
Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World 1149.91 1135.23
0 -- 5221.12 5889.69 100 100 12.81 565.506 584.407 571.753 563.477 3 0 100 100 -1.28
1 USA 1622.42 1545.33 31.07 26.24 -4.75 175.791 177.818 155.147 142.237 353.608 297.384 30.75 26.2 -15.9
2 UK 675.87 718.96 12.95 12.21 6.38 67.492 71.538 56.039 61.988 139.030 118.027 12.09 10.4 -15.11
3 UAE 398.14 566.45 7.63 9.62 42.27 34.656 34.998 41.906 39.557 69.655 81.463 6.06 7.18 16.95
4 Germany 324.56 395.74 6.22 6.72 21.93 42.075 49.563 49.010 54.550 91.637 103.560 7.97 9.12 13.01
5 France 338.24 384.19 6.48 6.52 13.58 43.522 42.523 48.779 43.683 86.045 92.462 7.48 8.15 7.46
6 Spain 195.85 292.02 3.75 4.96 49.11 27.174 28.810 43.531 38.655 55.984 82.186 4.87 7.24 46.8
Netherlan
7 ds 194.43 237.04 3.72 4.03 21.92 22.619 23.809 22.153 20.505 46.428 42.658 4.04 3.76 -8.12
8 Italy 180.39 187.44 3.46 3.18 3.91 24.199 22.540 23.641 19.555 46.739 43.196 4.07 3.81 -7.58
Saudi
9 Arabia 156.28 159.90 2.99 2.72 2.32 7.437 7.151 6.959 7.672 14.588 14.632 1.27 1.29 0.3
10 Denmark 115.37 151.69 2.21 2.58 31.48 14.484 14.858 17.364 19.040 29.342 36.404 2.55 3.21 24.07
11 Belgium 108.70 134.96 2.08 2.29 24.15 16.034 10.926 12.729 10.960 26.960 23.689 2.35 2.09 -12.13
12 Canada 110.13 118.38 2.11 2.01 7.49 11.963 12.333 12.169 13.250 24.297 25.419 2.11 2.24 4.62
13 Japan 91.51 115.27 1.75 1.96 25.96 8.790 13.185 12.594 15.085 21.975 27.679 1.91 2.44 25.96
14 Sweden 45.09 66.40 0.86 1.13 47.25 5.943 7.971 7.693 8.480 13.914 16.172 1.21 1.43 16.23
15 Turkey 30.68 43.15 0.59 0.73 40.65 3.798 4.915 3.352 4.903 8.713 8.255 0.76 0.73 -5.26
16 Tanzania 21.68 42.71 0.42 0.73 97.05 2.129 2.201 2.166 2.166 4.329 4.333 0.38 0.38 0.08
17 Malaysia 32.99 42.05 0.63 0.71 27.48 2.122 2.074 2.737 2.554 4.196 5.291 0.37 0.47 26.09
18 Australia 28.08 41.57 0.54 0.71 48.03 2.199 2.327 3.260 3.524 4.527 6.784 0.39 0.6 49.86
19 Mexico 35.22 36.94 0.68 0.63 4.88 3.700 3.322 3.885 3.401 7.022 7.286 0.61 0.64 3.75
South
20 Africa 31.01 31.80 0.59 0.54 2.55 1.888 1.928 1.583 2.768 3.817 4.352 0.33 0.38 14.01
%age
Growth
%age %age %age in
Growth Share Share India's
%age in %age in in in in apparel
Rank in India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's India's Exports
India's apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel apparel Jan-Feb
Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports Exports 2008
Year Year Year Year Year 2008 / Jan Feb Jan Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb Jan-Feb /Jan-Feb
2008 Country 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
-- World 10110.7 1877.07 1946.18
0 -- 9218.84 8 100 100 9.68 925.369 951.708 984.980 961.205 8 5 100 100 3.68
1 USA 2815.24 2756.36 30.54 27.26 -2.09 279.675 281.387 257.850 232.884 561.061 490.735 29.89 25.22 -12.53
2 UK 1106.62 1114.45 12 11.02 0.71 97.857 107.131 92.563 100.606 204.988 193.169 10.92 9.93 -5.77
3 UAE 625.65 889.42 6.79 8.8 42.16 56.528 55.708 67.816 69.259 112.237 137.075 5.98 7.04 22.13
4 Germany 766.35 832.16 8.31 8.23 8.59 79.502 92.479 113.323 116.873 171.981 230.197 9.16 11.83 33.85
5 France 668.81 721.53 7.26 7.14 7.88 74.136 71.657 80.470 72.314 145.792 152.784 7.77 7.85 4.8
6 Spain 333.71 451.82 3.62 4.47 35.39 43.773 43.770 59.213 51.250 87.543 110.462 4.66 5.68 26.18
7 Italy 422.71 431.34 4.59 4.27 2.04 49.100 48.578 49.650 41.763 97.678 91.413 5.2 4.7 -6.41
Netherlan
8 ds 338.20 412.83 3.67 4.08 22.07 37.392 39.682 41.728 41.129 77.074 82.858 4.11 4.26 7.5
9 Canada 252.93 261.05 2.74 2.58 3.21 24.228 25.611 27.693 28.162 49.840 55.855 2.66 2.87 12.07
10 Denmark 197.92 233.44 2.15 2.31 17.95 23.273 25.037 25.178 26.754 48.310 51.932 2.57 2.67 7.5
11 Belgium 176.45 229.82 1.91 2.27 30.25 21.936 17.334 21.865 16.908 39.269 38.773 2.09 1.99 -1.26
Saudi
12 Arabia 209.12 226.40 2.27 2.24 8.26 14.200 11.456 11.394 12.660 25.656 24.054 1.37 1.24 -6.24
13 Japan 101.38 125.00 1.1 1.24 23.29 9.930 14.143 13.675 16.738 24.073 30.414 1.28 1.56 26.34
14 Sweden 76.23 99.92 0.83 0.99 31.07 9.671 11.330 10.931 12.452 21.001 23.383 1.12 1.2 11.34
15 Mexico 66.72 71.13 0.72 0.7 6.62 6.914 5.327 6.361 6.398 12.241 12.759 0.65 0.66 4.23
South
16 Africa 60.74 69.58 0.66 0.69 14.56 4.046 4.028 3.771 5.867 8.074 9.638 0.43 0.5 19.37
17 Turkey 39.02 61.47 0.42 0.61 57.52 5.257 6.682 5.305 6.202 11.939 11.507 0.64 0.59 -3.62
18 Australia 38.06 55.70 0.41 0.55 46.33 3.823 3.654 4.997 5.107 7.476 10.103 0.4 0.52 35.14
Switzerlan
19 d 51.10 54.25 0.55 0.54 6.16 4.891 5.660 5.359 5.319 10.550 10.677 0.56 0.55 1.2
20 Malaysia 38.31 50.83 0.42 0.5 32.68 2.468 2.526 3.534 2.816 4.994 6.349 0.27 0.33 27.14
MAJOR INDIAN EXPORTERS OF APPAREL
Welspun India
Alok Industries
• Diversified manufacturer of world-class apparel ,fabrics selling directly to garment manufacturers and
exporters.
• Arvind Mills
Gokaldas exports
Raymond Ltd.
Leader in textiles and apparel in India and enjoys a prominent position internationally
Produces pure wool, wool blended and polyester viscose fabrics, blankets and furnishing fabrics
Focus areas are viscose filament yarn, carbon black, branded apparels, textiles and insulators
Arvind Mills
Ambattur Clothing
Celebrity Fashions
Creative Group
Eastman Exports
Gokaldas Exports
Gokaldas Images
Modelama Exports
Orient Craft
PS Apparels
Raymond
Everblue Apparel
Celebrations Apparel
Richa Group
Sonal Garments
SP Apparels
Texport Garments
Texport Syndicate
V & S International
Trend in Export
READYMADE
GARMENTS
%age
Change
%age Share in in India's
Rank in India's RMG RMG
India's Value of Exports - READYMADE GARMENTS Exports Exports
Exports Destinati Jan-Feb
of RMG on 2008 /Jan-
Year 2007 Country Year 2005Year 2006Year 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 Feb 2007
0 TOTAL 8078.05 8948.44 9218.84 1658.02 1877.08 100 100 13.21
1 USA 2678.3 2937.1 2815.24 542.24 561.06 32.7 29.89 3.47
2 UK 905.58 919.39 1106.62 171.89 204.99 10.37 10.92 19.26
3 Germany 615.15 670.92 766.35 120.81 171.98 7.29 9.16 42.36
4 France 582.75 683.42 668.81 136.42 145.79 8.23 7.77 6.87
5 UA E 438.57 513.17 625.65 73.75 112.24 4.45 5.98 52.19
KNIT APPAREL
(HS61)
%age
Change
in India's
Rank in %age Share in Knit
India's India's Knit Apparel Apparel
Exports Value of Exports - Knit Apparel (HS 61) Exports Exports
of Knit Destinati Jan-Feb
Apparel on 2008 /Jan-
Year 2007 Country Year 2005 Year 2006 Year 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 Feb 2007
0 TOTAL 3016.84 3524.5 3997.72 625.97 727.16 100 100 16.17
1 USA 834.68 1097.82 1192.81 193.49 207.45 30.91 28.53 7.21
2 Germany 349.6 347.59 441.79 60.1 80.34 9.6 11.05 33.68
3 UK 322.9 340.06 430.75 54.79 65.96 8.75 9.07 20.37
4 France 245.39 290.05 330.57 53.23 59.75 8.5 8.22 12.24
5 Italy 171.09 220.86 242.33 49.53 50.94 7.91 7.01 2.84
W O V EN A PPA R
R ank in