Lok Sabha Question No. 2824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Decrease in Textile Export
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## 2824.  MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a) whether the export of textiles has declined in India since 2014;

(b) if so, the average textile export during the last decade;

(c) the details of the current textile export status in terms of revenue and volume;

(d) whether the Government is planning to ameliorate the condition of the textile industry in India which is under stress due to competition from neighboring countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh;

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(f) the funds that have been earmarked for revival of textile industry from the 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by the Government?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): The export of textiles and apparel from 2014-15 to 2019-20 is at Annexure-A.

(b): The average textiles and apparel export stands at USD 35214mn for the period 2011-12 to 2019-20.

(c): Details  of  current  textiles  and  apparel  export  (April  2020-  December  2020)  in  terms  of revenue and volume is at Annexure-B.

(d) & (e): To ameliorate the condition of textile industry in India which is under stress due to competition  from  neighboring  countries,  Cabinet  has  approved  Production-Linked  Incentive  (PLI) Scheme  in  the  10  key  sectors  for  enhancing  India's  manufacturing  capabilities  and  enhancing exports-  Atmanirbhar  Bharat.  Textiles  products:  MMF  segment  and  technical  textiles  have  been included among 10 key sectors with approved financial outlay of Rs 10,683 crore over a five year period for these products. This scheme will help Indian firms to grow into global champions.

Union Budget 2021-22 has announcement regarding launch of Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) Parks scheme to enable the textile industry to become globally competitive, to

## DECREASE IN TEXTILE EXPORT

attract  investments  and  boost  employment  generation.  7  Textile  Parks  will  be  established  over  3 years. This will create world class infrastructure with plug and play facilities.

(f): The Government of India had announced Aatmanirbhar Bharat Packages (ANB) 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 on 13 th May, 2020, 12 th October, 2020 and 12 th November 2020 respectively. There is no specific fund  earmarked  for  any  specific  sector  in  the  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Package.  It  is  the  composite package for all sectors mainly for helping them in improving their liquidity situation. This has been done in the light of COVID-19 for all MSMEs through the banking channel.

Annexure-A Export of textiles and apparel from 2014-15 to 2019-20

| PC DESCRIPTION                 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| MANMADE STAPLE FIBRE           |    551.59 |    540.41 |    594.24 | 586.82    |    570.81 |    503.04 |
| COTTON YARN                    |   3937.41 |   3608.12 |   3337.49 | 3424.92   |   3895.52 |   2760.51 |
| COTTON FABRICS, MADEUPS ETC.   |   5516.45 |   5266.23 |   5212.53 | 5482.87   |   5947.2  |   5967.75 |
| OTH TXTL YRN, FBRIC MDUP ARTCL |    399.59 |    336.02 |    358.21 | 409.81    |    457.93 |    477.28 |
| SILK,RAW                       |      0.11 |      0.22 |      0.07 |           |      0.19 |      0.16 |
| NATRL SILK YARN,FABRICS,MADEUP |    124.97 |     84.16 |     61.81 | 52.85     |     57.72 |     58.3  |
| MANMADE YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPS   |   5275.03 |   4621.66 |   4557.08 | 4826.33   |   4980.51 |   4821.42 |
| WOOL,RAW                       |      0.04 |      0.61 |      0.22 | 0.77      |      1.14 |      0.09 |
| WOLLEN YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPSETC |    201.85 |    196.34 |    174.87 | 186.09    |    220.56 |    181.4  |
| RMGCOTTON INCL ACCESSORIES     |   9282.83 |   9091.58 |   8513.22 | 8510.76   |   8694.73 |   8642.97 |
| RMGSILK                        |    303.97 |    244.1  |    141.71 | 157.92    |    170.26 |    119.11 |
| RMGMANMADEFIBRES               |   3997.13 |   4181.77 |   5035.94 | 4746.97   |   3852.96 |   3506.03 |
| RMGWOOL                        |    307.75 |    262.38 |    214.5  | 169.14    |    197.65 |    155.01 |
| RMGOFOTHR TEXTLE MATRL         |   2941.65 |   3184.53 |   3462.79 | 3122.15   |   3222.69 |   3064.94 |
| HANDLOOM PRODUCTS              |    369.55 |    368.57 |    359.73 | 355.94    |    343.69 |    319.15 |
| SILK WASTE                     |     17.86 |     13.74 |     14.58 | 15.69     |     18.57 |     13.87 |
| JUTE,RAW                       |     19.41 |     17.18 |     11.44 | 14.81     |     15.3  |     14.6  |
| JUTE YARN                      |     22.64 |     18.34 |     10.65 | 20.20     |     15.58 |     16.57 |
| JUTE HESSIAN                   |    126    |    125.54 |    138.23 | 141.23    |    113.81 |    103.04 |
| FLOOR CVRNG OF JUTE            |     39.09 |     34.01 |     37.75 | 46.48     |     53.01 |     70.29 |
| OTHER JUTE MANUFACTURES        |    109.24 |    117.47 |    123.31 | 127.17    |    142.53 |    152.71 |
| CARPET(EXCL. SILK)             |   1358.16 |   1437.82 |   1480.69 | 1427.14   |   1465.74 |   1353.01 |
| HANDMADE SILK CARPET           |      2.62 |      2.25 |      9.5  | 2.68      |     16.11 |     20.29 |
| COTTONRAW INCLD. WASTE         |   1900.19 |   1938.66 |   1621.11 | 1894.25   |   2104.41 |   1057.34 |
| T&A                            |  36805.1  |  35691.7  |  35471.7  | 35723.00  |  36558.6  |  33378.9  |

Source: DGCIS

Annexure-B Textiles and Apparel Export (April 2020- December 2020)

| Commodity                      | Unit   | Qty       |   Value(USD mn) |
|--------------------------------|--------|-----------|-----------------|
| MANMADE STAPLE FIBRE           | KGS    | 279035302 |             261 |
| COTTON YARN                    | TON    | 739263    |            1917 |
| COTTON FABRICS, MADEUPS ETC.   |        | 0         |            4175 |
| OTH TXTL YRN, FBRIC MDUP ARTCL |        | 0         |             289 |
| SILK,RAW                       | KGS    | 19758     |               0 |
| NATRL SILK YARN,FABRICS,MADEUP |        | 0         |              45 |
| MANMADE YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPS   |        | 0         |            2527 |
| WOOL,RAW                       | KGS    | 118593    |               0 |
| WOLLEN YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPSETC |        | 0         |              78 |
| RMGCOTTON INCL ACCESSORIES     |        | 0         |            4608 |
| RMGSILK                        |        | 0         |              61 |
| RMGMANMADEFIBRES               |        | 0         |            1766 |
| RMGWOOL                        |        | 0         |              76 |
| RMGOFOTHR TEXTLE MATRL         |        | 0         |            1690 |
| HANDLOOM PRODUCTS              |        | 0         |             155 |
| SILK WASTE                     | KGS    | 2548773   |              15 |
| JUTE,RAW                       | TON    | 20633     |              16 |
| JUTE YARN                      | TON    | 6659      |              10 |
| JUTE HESSIAN                   |        | 0         |              70 |
| FLOOR CVRNG OF JUTE            | SQM    | 7259682   |              63 |
| OTHER JUTE MANUFACTURES        |        | 0         |             102 |
| CARPET(EXCL. SILK) HANDMADE    | SQM    | 83299745  |            1033 |
| SILK CARPET                    | SQM    | 79292     |              18 |
| COTTONRAW INCLD. WASTE         | TON    | 728712    |            1031 |
| T&A                            |        |           |           20006 |

Source: DGCIS