Lok Sabha Question No. 1253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Export of Textile
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ms. S Jothimani

## 1253. MS. S JOTHIMANI:

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

(a) the percentage of textile exports accounted for by each State, including Karur district in Tamil Nadu during each of the last five years;

(b) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the challenges faced by the textile clusters in Tamil Nadu due to cheaper imports and if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  small  clusters  in  the  State  to convert them into integrated units; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a): The state-wise details of textiles & apparel (including handicrafts) exports during last five years and Karur district in Tamil Nadu during last 3 years are given in Annexure.

(b) to (d): Government is regularly monitoring exports and imports and engaging with the industry in this regard. In order to control import of low quality knitted fabrics, presently Minimum Import Price (MIP) has been imposed on synthetic knitted fabrics.

The  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes/initiatives  to  promote  Indian  textiles.  The  major schemes/initiatives  include  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Regions  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks Scheme to create a modern, integrated, world class textile infrastructure; Production Linked Incentive (PLI)  Scheme  focusing  on  MMF  Fabric,  MMF  Apparel  and  Technical  Textiles  to  boost  large  scale manufacturing  and  enhancing  competitiveness;  National  Technical  Textiles  Mission  focusing  on Research Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development; SAMARTH - Scheme for Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector  with  the  objective  providing  demand  driven,  placement  oriented, skilling program; Silk Samagra-2 for comprehensive development of sericulture value chain; National Handloom Development Program for end to end support for handloom sector. Ministry of Textiles is also  implementing  National  Handicrafts  Development  Programme  and  Comprehensive  Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme for promotion of handicrafts.

## EXPORT OF TEXTILE

## Textiles & Apparel (including handicrafts) Exports (State-wise data during the last five years)

(Value in USD Million)

| State              | FY: 2019-20   | FY: 2020-21   | FY: 2021-22   | FY: 2022-23   | FY: 2023-24   | %Share of Total Export (FY 2023-24)   |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
| TAMIL NADU         | 6,978.7       | 6,213.9       | 8,714.4       | 8,008.9       | 7,172.0       | 19.99%                                |
| GUJARAT            | 5,134.3       | 5,078.1       | 7,358.6       | 5,043.4       | 5,749.1       | 16.03%                                |
| MAHARASHTRA        | 4,292.5       | 4,015.4       | 5,355.8       | 3,999.5       | 4,227.3       | 11.78%                                |
| HARYANA            | 3,280.3       | 3,003.0       | 4,215.0       | 3,720.0       | 3,641.9       | 10.15%                                |
| UTTAR PRADESH      | 3,151.0       | 2,729.8       | 3,649.0       | 3,686.6       | 3,438.2       | 9.58%                                 |
| KARNATAKA          | 2,474.0       | 1,917.1       | 2,732.1       | 2,910.3       | 2,738.4       | 7.63%                                 |
| RAJASTHAN          | 1,376.8       | 1,226.2       | 1,853.4       | 1,582.1       | 1,624.3       | 4.53%                                 |
| PUNJAB             | 1,517.7       | 1,313.6       | 2,111.5       | 1,502.2       | 1,500.4       | 4.18%                                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH     | 1,132.6       | 1,338.0       | 2,108.9       | 1,346.5       | 1,390.2       | 3.88%                                 |
| WEST BENGAL        | 1,026.3       | 904.9         | 1,265.7       | 1,207.4       | 1,087.1       | 3.03%                                 |
| DELHI              | 2,514.1       | 1,773.5       | 1,551.0       | 1,189.9       | 1,032.0       | 2.88%                                 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI | 640.2         | 597.7         | 994.1         | 670.3         | 678.3         | 1.89%                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     | 472.9         | 447.9         | 770.6         | 438.2         | 481.2         | 1.34%                                 |
| KERALA             | 373.3         | 289.2         | 407.2         | 351.4         | 371.8         | 1.04%                                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 185.2         | 178.0         | 330.0         | 259.2         | 237.2         | 0.66%                                 |
| TELANGANA          | 131.5         | 202.9         | 469.9         | 135.6         | 166.8         | 0.46%                                 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     | 101.9         | 67.8          | 109.9         | 101.1         | 88.7          | 0.25%                                 |
| ODISHA             | 40.4          | 28.7          | 85.9          | 66.0          | 85.5          | 0.24%                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND        | 47.7          | 52.0          | 84.6          | 45.6          | 41.6          | 0.12%                                 |
| BIHAR              | 37.5          | 40.1          | 36.8          | 27.6          | 32.3          | 0.09%                                 |
| JHARKHAND          | 21.9          | 9.5           | 7.5           | 14.9          | 25.2          | 0.07%                                 |
| DAMAN&DIU          | 195.1         | 66.7          | 116.3         | 99.7          | 16.9          | 0.05%                                 |
| CHANDIGARH         | 2.2           | 5.3           | 9.8           | 29.7          | 16.1          | 0.04%                                 |
| PUDUCHERRY         | 12.8          | 26.0          | 16.6          | 15.6          | 13.0          | 0.04%                                 |
| CHATTISGARH        | 1.7           | 0.9           | 3.3           | 2.9           | 4.0           | 0.01%                                 |
| GOA                | 5.3           | 5.0           | 5.7           | 5.2           | 2.4           | 0.01%                                 |
| ASSAM              | 1.9           | 3.9           | 7.1           | 4.0           | 2.3           | 0.01%                                 |
| OTHERS             | 26.6          | 49.8          | 63.7          | 222.3         | 9.6           | 0.03%                                 |
| Total              | 35,176.7      | 31,584.9      | 44,434.7      | 36,686.0      | 35,873.9      | 100.00%                               |

Source: DGCIS, Provisional Data (Rounded Off)

## ANNEXURE

## Textiles & Apparel (including handicrafts) exports accounted for by Karur District:

|            |          | FY 2021-22           | FY 2021-22           | FY 2022-23           | FY 2022-23           | FY 2023-24           | FY 2023-24           |
|------------|----------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| State      | District | Value in USD Million | %Share in Tamil Nadu | Value in USD Million | %Share in Tamil Nadu | Value in USD Million | %Share in Tamil Nadu |
| Tamil Nadu | KARUR    | 848.75               | 9.74%                | 741.14               | 9.25%                | 625.47               | 8.72%                |

## Source: DGCIS, Provisional Data (Rounded Off)

*District wise data is available since 2021-22 on DGCIS portal

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