India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India in active collaboration with the Embassy of India, Japan, participated with 136 companies, constituting a more than a 20% share in overall participation in JFW International Fashion Fair, Tokyo from 17-19 July, 2013.
Zohra Chatterji, Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India led a delegation of manufacturer exporters from apparel, fabric and made-ups along with Dr A Sakthivel, chairman, AEPC, Shri Sudhir Sekhri, chairman export promotion, AEPC, Shri V Srinivas, Joint Secretary (Exports), Ministry of Textiles, and Shri Arun Goyal, Minister (Economic & Commercial), Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan.
An India Pavilion attracted more than 1,900 buyers and the business negotiated and completed was worth $32.4m.
Garment exports during 2012 were $293m compared with $270m in 2011, posting a positive growth of 8.11%. It is expected that overall growth in business with Japan may exceed 10%, added Dr A Sakthivel.
India and Japan signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which took effect on August, 1 2011. This has resulted in substantial growth of garment exports from India to Japan, according to AEPC.
Exports of woven apparel in the period 2005-2010 to Japan declined by 3.7%. Between 2011-2012 they grew by 4.6% and were worth $210m. Similarly, exports of knitted apparel from 2005-2010 to Japan fell by 0.2%, but grew by 10.5% between 2011-2012 and were worth $83m.
The value of global textile exports to Japan is $41,540m. Apparel exports were worth $32,073m in 2012. India’s exports were worth $485m.
Zohra Chatterji, Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India led a delegation of manufacturer exporters from apparel, fabric and made-ups along with Dr A Sakthivel, chairman, AEPC, Shri Sudhir Sekhri, chairman export promotion, AEPC, Shri V Srinivas, Joint Secretary (Exports), Ministry of Textiles, and Shri Arun Goyal, Minister (Economic & Commercial), Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan.
An India Pavilion attracted more than 1,900 buyers and the business negotiated and completed was worth $32.4m.
Garment exports during 2012 were $293m compared with $270m in 2011, posting a positive growth of 8.11%. It is expected that overall growth in business with Japan may exceed 10%, added Dr A Sakthivel.
India and Japan signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which took effect on August, 1 2011. This has resulted in substantial growth of garment exports from India to Japan, according to AEPC.
Exports of woven apparel in the period 2005-2010 to Japan declined by 3.7%. Between 2011-2012 they grew by 4.6% and were worth $210m. Similarly, exports of knitted apparel from 2005-2010 to Japan fell by 0.2%, but grew by 10.5% between 2011-2012 and were worth $83m.
The value of global textile exports to Japan is $41,540m. Apparel exports were worth $32,073m in 2012. India’s exports were worth $485m.
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