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- Mittal Patel, Director, ABC Corporation, Ahmedabad"lndustry needs an overhauling"
rFhe Year 2013 was of mixed type for Indian textile
I inarrr,ty. on the one hand the mill sector (spinning/
weaving) nia a gooa year, the decentraliibd powerloom
weaving sector had one or the other hiccups like power
cuts, high tariff in power, Iabour strikes' some state
policies like LBT in Maharashtra, etc'
Textile is the highest employment providing industry
in India besides agriculture, so it will always remain a
satisfactory growing industry' Also good monsoon season
last year will help it to sustain momentum till next season'
the industry, paiticularly weaving, needs an overhauling as
it is behaving like an old car asking for replacement
immediately. We are at least 15 years behind China in
terms of technology and maybe 5 years from even poor
countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan' This gap needs to
be fulfilled by hitech machines in weaving industry and
getting good exports order from west only on basis of
iuafiti a'na not some lucrative government scheme/policy'
The wishlist is endless as Indians we are always
demanding everything from government and never try to
fut in tt aiextra efforts like the Chinese or Japanese' The'Government
should only try to curb corruption (in schemes
like TUFS and other subsidies), bring down import duties
for machinery not affecting Indian manufacturers' conduct
more seminais/exhibitions at subsidised rates in China/
USA/Europe to showcase talents and skills of Indian
manufacturers.f,i ' t t l=
g
Sunil Kumar Sharma, DGM, LoknayakJPNSSSG Ltd'
Nandurbar, Maharashtra.which insPires
cotton growers to sowing more cotton' Cotton Seed
developing companies are also working very hard to
develop high yield cotton seed to obtain higher cotton
produclion per hectare' Hence it seems that there is
significant scope for increasing the cotton bales production
Mittal Patel, Director, ABC Corporation, Ahmedabad'
,,Recgvery in developed nations provides Opp0rtunity"_ sunil Kumar sharma, DGM, Loknayak JpNsssG Ltd, Nandurbar, Maharashtra
\ Zear 2013 was the recovery year for Indian textile
I irrdrrr,ry after sluggish financial years 2011 & 2012'
The time was greatly supported by worldwide lower cotton
prices, lower raw material price volatility' highest cotton
crop production in 2012 and good export demands in yarn
f,r.it"a by China market with a strong dollar pricing'
The country crossed the export targets significantly
along with great suPport from domestic market' which
netpla Indiin textile industry recover from the nightmare
of year 201 1 when its backbone of industry was almost
cracked due to very high fluctuation in cotton pricing'
The year 2013 is not only important for financial
,".ou.ry but it will also remember for it's great heritage
u, ,o*" of most popular textile policies declared by the
various state governments of Maharashtra' Gularat'
Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka & Rajasthan and RR-TUFS
scheme by Govt of India to motivate the investment in
textile sector. Hence now it is the time for a good
valediction of year 201'3 for a better future of textile
industrY.
Indian textile industry is looking hopefully for coming
year 2o74,with a strong back support of last fiscal year'
india is second largest cotton producing counffy and also
second largestyarn producing
country in the
world. Our cotton
bales ProductionsignificantlYincreased in last
few years,
however we still
are behind in
cotton Yield Perhectare. In Iast
few years cotton
crop has become
a profitableagriculturecommoditY,
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in country. If present trend is sustained soon India will
produce more than 400 lakh bales per year. At the back of
good monsoon all over country, now cotton production is
expected around 382 lakh bales (ie, each bale of170 kg) for
year 2013-14. Looking to the continuous efforts in field of
cotton growing and increase iD.cotton production, India
has great potential to become top most cotton fibreproducing country in world.
Now have a look at the world top most cottonproduction country, China, which is suffering with their
huge carry forward stock, ie, Ending stock ofyear 2ol2-73
is 10440 thousand metric tons and China is expected to
have an ending stock of 12520 thousand metric tons in
year 2O73-74. While cotton bales consumption of China is
reduced by approximately 5 per cent in year 2012-13 as
compared to previous year.
This huge carryforward cotton stock has put huge
pressure on Chinese government, forcing it to discourage
the cotton bales import. Not only carryforward stock of
China increases but world cotton stock is also reaching an
all-time high level (ie, Projected world cotton stock for year
201,3-74 is 1.8.27 million metric tons which is almost 20 per
cent higher as compared to last year) and world ending
cotton stock for 2074 is again projected as 20.3 million
metric tons.
Highest cotton bales production & stock will lead to
Iess ups & dovrms in cotton pricing and will definitely
support spinning industry for easy & better quality product
availability at throughout the year. Mostly in Gujarat,
Maharashtra & MP many ginning factories are going to
take further expansion in spinning sectors to get the
maximum benefit of new textile policy and value addition.
The revised restructure technology fund scheme(RR-TUFS) by government of India will also boost new
investment in textile sector. Hence it is expected to
increase the spindleage capacity in coming year.
In year 2013 our yarn export achieved a new height
with the support of European & Chinese market demand.
Labour cost in China is continuously increasing and
spinning sector in China is also suffering for labour shor-
tage which is badly affecting the spinning productivity.
India has great opPortunity to fill this vacuum by increa-
sing yarn export. overall it seems that year 2014 will be
a record production year for raw cotton and cotton yarn
as well as man-made fibre yarn production too.
Most of the factors seem to be suitable for spinning
industries like less volatility in cotton pricing, availability
ofgood quality cotton, expected good export demand from
China, Bangladesh and European countries, hence we
expect that Indian spinning industries will be in full
swing in year 2074.
In clothing and readymade garment sector India is
facing very strong competition from their neighbouring
countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and China and it will
be continue in year 2014. However economy recovery in
most of the developed countries will provide better
opportunity to Indian clothing & garments industry to
expand their scope.
In totality we are very hopeful for New Year 20t4, a
great opportunity is looking ahead for Indian textile
industry where the country may achieve leadershipposition in textile world. After agriculture textile is second
largest industry in India and hence the expected growth in
throughout textile supply chain will also energise the
country's GDP and employment position.
Expected export growth of textile products in coming
year will increase the foreign currency flow in country
which will also strengthen the Indian currency.
"lts time to look beyond commodity textiles"- Arnab Sen, Asst Professol NIFT, Bhopal
Th. stability and sustained growth
I of the Indian textile industry in 2013,
amidst the economic crisis that the worldhas been facing especially in the manu-
facturing sector, revealed that the industry
has gained the strength and maturity over
the years to withstand the fluctuations inglobal trade to any extent.
In order to manifest this stability in awider perspective, it is time for the textileindustry oflndia to look beyondcommodity textiles, limited to wears andfurnishings, towards technical textiles.
Arnab Sen, Asst Ptofessor, NlFlBhopal.
There lies an unending scope of growth in
this sector, the demand being on a constant
rise in the areas of medical, geo- and archi-
tectural textiles, generated chiefly out ofthe
extensive need for biodegradable materials.
The faster the underlying potential is
exploited, the more gainful the Indian textile
industry can be!
The focus in2Q74 thus needs to be a boost
in concerted efforts from the industry and the
R&D centres towards development of newer
biodegradable fibres ofnatural origin and
their conversion into technical textiles.
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