[ad_1] With the government not extending the 11 % import duty exemption on cotton beyond December 31, 2025, the price of domestic cotton is firming up. Price of the widely-used Shankar-6 variety of cotton was ₹52,500 a candy on December 15, ₹53,500 on December 27, ₹53,800 on December 30, and ₹54,000 on Saturday (January 3). […]
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[ad_1] According to the Manmade and Technical Textiles Export Promotion Council, export of technical textiles from India were worth $ 1.95 billion during April – October 2025 as against $ 1.97 billion during the same period in 2024. However, the exports grew 2.3 % in Rupee terms during the same period. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY […]
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[ad_1] Unseasonal showers: According to the textile industry and cotton traders, quality is an issue this year because of the rains. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Cotton farmers In Telangana are struggling to get the minimum support price (MSP) of ₹8,110 a quintal as unseasonal and heavy rains have affected the quality of cotton. […]
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[ad_1] The 16.71 % decline of engineering exports in October 2025 as against October last year is driven by the fall in shipments to 15 of the 25 key destinations. Among the export products, 23 of the 34 engineering panels registered year-on-year negative growth, according to trade analysis by the EEPC India. Exports to the […]
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[ad_1] byline requested COIMBATORE: With the US tariffs hitting hard, apparel and textile exports saw 12.91 % slump in October compared with last October. While textile shipments last month were worth $ 1,597 million, apparel exports were $ 1,069.42 million as against $ 1,833 million (textiles) and $ 1,227 million (apparel) in October 2024. Exports […]
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[ad_1] A high-level Saudi Arabia delegation led by its Vice-Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources Khalil ibn Salamah met the Secretary, Union Ministry of Textiles, Neelam Shami Rao, in New Delhi on Tuesday to advance bilateral cooperation in the textile sector. India was the second-largest supplier ($517.5 million) to Saudi Arabia’s textile and apparel sector […]
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[ad_1] MEG is one of the main raw materials for the production of polyester fibre and filament. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M The textile industry has appealed to the government to not levy anti-dumping duty on Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), which is one of the main raw materials used in the production of polyester fibre […]
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[ad_1] The latest order is aimed at further tightening the import of jute and products made from Bangladeshi jute. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after India imposed a fresh round of port restrictions on a range of jute products, officials here justified the move as necessary because Bangladesh’s subsidies were “killing” local Indian […]
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[ad_1] Two major sectors that have a dominant presence of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) and are expected to gain immensely from the India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement are textiles and engineering. Elimination of tariffs on textiles and garments from the earlier average level of 12% will remove the duty disadvantage that the Indian exporters […]
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[ad_1] Textiles exports declined 2.07% in June 2025 compared with the same month in the previous year, even as exporters are confident of better orders in the coming months. For April-June 2025, textile exports shrank 0.94% as against the same period last year. Apparel exports registered a 1.23% growth in June compared with June 2024 […]
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