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No Santa for exporters this Christmas: Iran war disrupts supply chains, stretches transit times to 60 days, threatens marginsIndian exporters say longer shipping routes, rising input costs, and delayed payment cycles are squeezing margins and putting pressure on d...
Genuinely crack down on fakesIn India, the battle against counterfeit products is ever-present, with one in three urban consumers facing this issue daily. As regulators...
$174 billion on the brink: India’s textile industry reels under West Asia war shock, braces for ‘huge crisis’ in AprilIndia's massive textile sector is grappling with a severe crisis with the ongoing West Asia conflict driving up oil and raw material costs....
Nearly 35% of urban consumers in India admitted to having bought fake products in the last year: ReportA recent report reveals a significant rise in fake products across India, with nearly 35% of consumers encountering them last year. Apparel...
India-EU FTA ‘mother of all problems’ for Pakistan’s $9 billion export industry: Former commerce ministerPakistan faces potential export and job losses. India's new trade deal with the European Union could reduce Pakistan's tariff advantages. T...
Union Budget 2026: An opportunity to strengthen India’s global footprintThe upcoming Union Budget presents an opportunity to strengthen domestic backward linkages through incentives for input industries, MSME cl...
Garment hubs of Gurgaon & Noida brace for uncertain timesAs India’s garment sector navigates these turbulent waters, the long-term implications of the US tariffs remain to be seen. The industry’s ...
India's labour intensive sectors brace for 70% export collapse as US goes ahead with 50% tariffs: GTRIIndian labour-intensive sectors anticipate a significant export decline due to impending US tariffs. The new tariffs, effective from August...
Safeguarding employment in the face of a US tariff hikeThe United States' higher tariffs on Indian goods may affect key sectors. Textiles, gems, steel, and auto components are areas of concern. ...
Not just trade: Trump’s 50% tariff poses survival challenge for Indian MSMEs, says AEPC$4 Billion core apparel trade with U.S. is at risk after tariff shock, says AEPC.
Piyush Goyal assures to protect interest of textiles sector in trade pact with US: AEPCCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has assured the textile and apparel industry that their interests will be protected in the upco...
Tariff Blow: India faces risk of $31 billion export losses if Trump says 'it is 25%'As the US prepares to implement new tariffs starting April 2, India's exports, especially in sectors like apparel and auto parts, face sign...
$50-billion in apparel exports: Why India needs to diversify to markets like JapanJapan is the world's fourth largest garment importer, thus making it an obvious choice for India to look at other than the EU and the US.
IKEA Foundation, Enviu and CAIF to build textile waste model, provide jobs to waste workersIndia is one of the world’s largest textile producers and importers of used clothing, but lacks an infrastructure to deal with textile wast...
RoSCTL to help textile sector attain $100 bn export: A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPCIndia’s apparel exports have been losing market share to competitors. It fell by 20.8% in one year from $15,509 million in 2019-20 to $12,2...
Textile exports set to touch $ 50 billion mark this fiscal, says Union Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar GangwarRaising a pitch for reforms in the labour law, the Minister said he was concerned about the large number of unorganised labour in the texti...
- Rated garment makers to buck weak industry trends: Crisil
The US and Europe together accounted for over 60 per cent of the country's garments exports worth USD 11 billion in 2010-11.