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Dishaan initiative

Growing pressure from developed countries, especially the

EU and the US, to meet global standards on labour has pushed Indian apparel manufacturers to take legal compliance matters in their own hands to change the image problem plaguing the country. The apparel export promotion council of India (AEPC) under the textiles ministry is helping domestic textile industry to adhere to global norms through development and implementation of tools to help factories certify, monitor and improve universal standards.

The textiles ministry hopes to ride free trade deals

with Japan to target $50 billion in apparel exports over the next three years from $18 billion targeted for 201213.
Indias apparel exports to Japan have already jumped

substantially.
Indias share of the $31.1 billion Japanese apparel

imports worth is only 0.9 per cent at present

Current facts
AEPC signs MoU with Israel to boost apparel trade To

target the Middle East Market Apparel Market, Apparel Export Promotion Council organized a Buyer Seller Meet in Tel Aviv, Israel from 5 6 September 2012. The MoU is aimed at enhancing trade and economic relation by expanding business and cooperation in the sphere of clothing & fashion industries,

The

government has revised upwards the garment exports target to $18 billion (about Rs 99,000 crore) from $17 billion (about Rs 93,500 crore) for 201213 fiscal For the apparel sector, the marketlinked focus product scheme was extended till the end of the current fiscal for exports to the US and the European Union. Also, the sops included interest subvention on preshipment credit.

The US and Europe together account for over 65 per cent

of the countrys total textiles exports.


For the entire textiles sector, the government has fixed a

target of $40 billion for the current fiscal. In 201112, the countrys textiles exports stood at $32.31 billion.
Continuation

of the Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) with an allocation of Rs. 15,886 crore for the entire 12th Plan (201217).

Apparel exports contribute 45% to India's total textile and clothing

exports. India's exports in 2011-12 stand at $30 billion against $27 billion in 2010-11
Apparel exports reached $12 billion in February 2012 with a growth

rate of 18.9% against the corresponding period last year.


Slowdown in the EU and poor demand from those markets, apparel

exporters entered Latin America, southern and western Africa, Japan, Russia, Israel and Australia during the year.
Newer markets brought in 10% of business for the industry.

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