The Pakistani textile industry has urged the Government to establish Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) Cell, in order to fully utilize the duty-free access to the European Union (EU) and earn foreign exchange. The proposal ...
Tags: Textile Sector, duty-free access
The Government of India has notified the revised duty drawback rates applicable to articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (under Chapter 61 of Customs Schedule); articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
At the initiative of Dr. A. Sakthivel, Chairman-AEPC, an Inter-Ministerial Workshop was organized under the Chairmanship of Shri Ajit Seth, IAS, Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India. The meeting was attended by Secretary (Textiles), Finance ...
The sluggishness in economies of the US and European countries continues to eclipse India’s Gem & Jewellery sector as the annual export-import figures of 2012-13 recently declared by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council ...
Tags: G&J Sector, jewelry
The drawback committee’s constituted by government of India visited Tirupur to assess the incidents of Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Service Tax component on the export of readymade garments. Dr. A. Sakthivel, Chairman, Apparel Export ...
Tags: knitting, garment, Tirupur Cluster
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthivel, has written to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, on the issue of high cotton yarn prices prevailing in domestic market for export manufacturing. Dr. Sakthivel, in his ...
Tags: Yarn Prices, Yarn, Textiles
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthive, in the proposal presented, to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, has made submission for increasing the garment exports to US $16 billion in 2013-14. The meeting was ...
Tags: AEPC, garment exports, garment
Indian apparel industry is hoping for the withdrawal of excise duty on clothing and elimination of distinction between branded and unbranded products in the Union Budget 2013-14, to be presented by the Finance Minister later this month. ...
Tags: apparel industry, excise duty, clothing and elimination
Garments Exporters Association (GEA) has requested the Government to provide adequate fiscal relief for the garment sector of the textile industry to enable it to face increasing international competition. GEA has pointed out that garment ...
India’s apparel sector can post a three-fold export growth over the next three years if the Central Government permits it to use 15 percent of the export proceeds to import raw inputs like synthetic and polyester fabrics, which they ...
Tags: apparel, raw inputs, polyester fabrics, synthetic
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), a leading body of Indian apparel exporters, today proposed measures to hike garment exports by 100 percent in 3 years, and 10 percent in the current fiscal year. Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, on ...
Tags: AEPC, apparel exporter, garment exports
Indian wool item producers have urged the Centre to hike comprehensive duty drawback rates by minimum five percent. The rate of duty drawback, meaning refund of import duty on raw material, presently fluctuates between 4 percent to 10 ...
Tags: WWEPC, wool, wool blended, textile