Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)• Incorporated in1978 as the official body of apparel

exporters in India • Provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters

as well as importers/international buyers who choose India as their preferred sourcing destination for garments.

• Twice a year, AEPC showcases the best of India's garment export capabilities through the prestigious India International Garment Fair, playing host to over 350 exhibitors

• With AEPC's expertise and all the advantages - Indian exporters grow stronger each year in their achievements, skills and proficiency, while international buyers get superior solutions for their garment imports.

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AEPC: Vision 2015

• To attain exports worth US$ 34 bn by 2015 • To grow at 18% average growth rate for the period 2009 to 2015 • Have at least 5.3% share in global apparel market by 2015 • Have 60% share in India’s textile exports – ensure value added growth • Should retain 90% of the domestic market which is growing at the rate of 10%

• Machinery• Man-power• Technology• Product diversification• Market Diversification• Quality raw materials

• Flexibility in labour laws• TUFS• Branding• FDI• Leveraging carbon credits

Requirements:

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Policy Support: Textiles and ApparelTech Up-gradation Fund

Scheme (TUFS)

• Investment target of USD24.8 billion• To promote modernization and up-gradation of the textile industry by providing

credit at reduced rates

National Textile Policy -2000

• Key areas of focus include technological upgrades, enhancement of productivity, product diversification and financing arrangements

Foreign Direct Investment

• FDI of up to 100 per cent is allowed in the textile sector through the automatic route

Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks (SITP)

• To provide necessary infrastructure to new textile units; under SITP, 40 projects (worth USD900 million) have been sanctioned

Technical textile industry

• Government of India has planned an increase in the fund outlay for technical textiles industry to more than USD117 million during the current 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)

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North: Kashmir, Ludhiana and Panipat account for 80 per cent

of woolens in India

KEY TEXTILES AND APPAREL ZONES IN INDIA

East: Bihar for jute, parts of Uttar Pradesh for woolen and Bengal

for cotton and jute industry

South: Tirpur, Coimabtore and Madurai for hosiery.

Bengaluru, Mysore and Chennai for silk

West: Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot, Indore and

Vadodara are the key places for cotton industry

Major textile and apparel zones

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TIRUPUR: TEXTILES HUB OF INDIA

• The textiles industry in Tirupur contributes about 80per cent to India’s hosiery exports and around 3 percent to total export trade• Exports from Tirupur increased at a CAGR of 8.3per cent from USD1.4 billion in FY05 to USD3 billionin FY14• The Government of India granted the city the statusof Town of Export Excellence• To diversify from cotton, firms in Tirupur isevaluating the process to manufacture swim wearand sports wear

• The city has more than 5,000 garment manufacturing and job work units, and is one of the most organized processing and finishing garment clusters in India

• Its hosiery hub became the first textile cluster in India to comply with zero liquid discharge guidelines

Source: www.ibef.org