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AEPC launches manual for exporters

Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) in partnership with the International Labor Organization (ILO) has prepared a manual for Indian exporters.

It’s hoped this will foster a better understanding of potential good practices in the apparel supply chain that contribute towards improved quality, efficiency and sustainability.

The manual draws upon experiences in other countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Turkey. After considering the feasibility of adopting these practices in Indian units, an user-friendly good practice manual has been developed for small, medium and large firms.

Existing practices in apparel units in clusters like Tirupur, Jaipur, NCR, Ludhiana, Bangalore and Chennai were studied. This brought out the need for standardisation and the possibility of adopting some easy-to-adopt production and manufacturing systems that can improve export competitiveness.

The manual focuses on good practices covering the areas of productivity, operational efficiencies, environmental sensitivity, compliance and management practices.

AEPC feels India's growth in the global apparel sector which has been slow could have been accelerated if the country tried to adopt international practices. It hopes that when the India-EU FTA is signed, it will give India a level playing field vis-à-vis Bangladesh which currently has an advantage in the EU markets.

Right now research and development activities prevalent in the Indian apparel industry are not recognized. So AEPC feels there is a need, for instance, to consider the experiments in color and fiber undertaken by the industry for sample generation as it is an important step towards business generation.

 
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