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AEPC chairman highlights export performance and initiatives

"AEPC is an empanelled assessment agency authorized by DGE&T under the Skill Development Initiative (SDI) to conduct MES Assessments in the apparel sector and by the Ministry of Textiles under the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) to conduct assessments for apparel/garment and textile sector. In this endeavour, since its inception,  AEPC’s Skill Assessment Cell assessed over  100,000 candidates under MES & NON MES category."

 

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At the 36th Annual General Meeting of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), held in New Delhi, chairman Virender Uppal spoke about apparels exports industry’s achievements in FY15 and the roadmap for year ahead. The highlights of his speech included various initiatives undertaken by the council to boost export performance of the textile and apparel sector.

Export performance in FY15 and

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Exports in dollar terms for the financial year 2014-15 were $16,846 million as compared to $15,001 million in the year 2013-14, representing an increase of 12.3 per cent. Apparel exports during the period from April to October 2015 were $9,793.6 million against $9,562.2 million reported during the same period previous fiscal, indicating an increase of 2.4 per cent.

During the year, AEPC apprised the government about various issues faced by the sector and appealed to resolve them at the earliest.

AEPC’s export promotion activities

Buyer Seller Meets were organized in Amsterdam, in June 2014 with 18 players participating; two meets in Barcelona and Madrid were also orgainsed in September with 29 participants.

At the Hong Kong Fashion Week and White Label the Council participated with 52 participants while in, Berlin, there were 17 participants. AEPC visited Apparel Shows in International Fashion Fair Tokyo, Japan (IFF) with 53 participants and Sourcing at Magic Fair, Las Vegas, USA with 70 participants, Australian International Sourcing Fair, Melbourne, Australia with 35 participants, Hong Kong Fashion Week with 51 participants, Sourcing at Magic Fair, Las Vegas, USA with 51 participants, Hong Kong Fashion Week, with 57 participants, Sourcing at Magic Fair, Las Vegas, USA with 65 participants, India Trend Fair (ITF) at Tokyo, Japan with 63 participants and International Sourcing Expo Australia (ISEA), Melbourne, Australia with 43 exhibitors AEPC’s members.

Domestic events and trade shows

The Council organised India Market Days at Apparel House, Gurgaon on April 24 and 25, 2014 with 78 participants at the fair; 32 buyers from 11 countries and 20 buying agents visited the fair. The 53rd India International Garment Fair was organised from July 14 to16, 2014 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with 387 exhibitors, 991 buyers and 548 buying agents.

Similarl India Market Days were held in October 2014 with 44 exporters, 33 buyers from 16 countries and 14 buying agents. Tex-Trends India, 2015 (incorporating 54th IIGF) was organised from January 28 to 30, 2015 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with 394 exhibitors participating.

Skill assessment cell and ATDC

AEPC is an empanelled assessment agency authorized by DGE&T under the Skill Development Initiative (SDI) to conduct MES Assessments in the apparel sector and by the Ministry of Textiles under the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) to conduct assessments for apparel/garment and textile sector. In this endeavour, since its inception, AEPC’s Skill Assessment Cell assessed over 100,000 candidates under MES & NON MES category. AEPC entered into nine MoUs with implementing Agencies (IAs) namely Technopak Advisors, ILFS Clusters, Wazir Advisors, Karthikeya Spinning & Weaving Mills, Sri Lakshmi Cotsyn, ARTJS, CMAI, Modelama Exports and Matrix Clothing for conducting skill assessment.

Meanwhile ATDC was awarded ‘Best Training Institution-National’ by Education Award (Franchise India) at ‘Indian Education Awards 2015 in June, 2015, for its contribution to large scale quality skilling of youth especially women in rural areas. ASSOCHAM honored ATDC with the ‘Best Institute: Innovation Award’ at its Skilling India summit in New Delhi. ATDC was recognized for its innovative training initiatives.

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