Indian garment exports grew by 19% to $1.27 billion in July

05 Sep 2013 Evaluate

India's garment exports grew by 19 percent year-on-year to $1.27 billion in July on the back of rising demand in developed economies such as the US. Indian garment export to the US has witnessed a growth of 3.7 percent during the first five months of 2013. During April-July 2013-14, Indian garments exports grew by 13 percent to $4.84 billion.

The US and European markets represent around 65 percent share in the country's total garment exports. Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman A Sakthivel said that demand for Indian products is still not increasing in the EU markets due to the prevailing slowdown. During 2012-13, apparel exports declined by 6 percent to $12.92 billion. Referring to the rupee depreciation, A Sakthivel said that now buyers are asking for discounts on account of deprecating rupee. Indian exporters with high import content of products are also facing huge problem as they have to pay more now which is impacting their profits, he added. Ready-made garment products have almost 25-35 percent import content.

By adding further, AEPC chairman said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should include export sector in the priority sector lending for all banks, which will help exporters in getting easy and affordable credit.

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