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Onslaught of Chinese textiles threaten Indian textiles

The 136-year-old Mulji Jetha market in Mumbai, among the largest textile bazaars in Asia, is dotted with hundreds of wholesale stores and some retail ones too. Crowded with customers all day, today the market is flooded with Chinese textiles instead of fabrics from the country’s traditional textile hubs. Premal Udani, Managing Director, Kaytee Corp an apparel manufacturer that supplies to Walmart, says that Mulji Jetha hardly had any imported items 25 years ago. However, now there are hardly any local textiles. He believes the issue is critical for fabric compared to apparel. The Chinese onslaught, or flooding of cheap Chinese items, is yet to happen in the apparel sector. However, he fears that apparels will be the next to face the onslaught from China.

He also feels that the government needs to not take a long-term approach regarding this and if it doesn’t do something soon, one may have to face the risk of organised mills going extinct in 10-15 years. The textiles sector employs the maximum workers after agriculture in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the sector to triple in size, from the current $110 billion to $300 billion by 2020. Rajeev Gopal, Chief Marketing Officer at viscose staple fibre maker, Birla Cellulose, points out says that the Indian textile industry is facing serious threat from China, and even Indonesia, across the value chain—from fibre to yarn to fabric and even garments—because of dumping at very low prices. The sector generates a large employment and is also a huge foreign exchange earner. Gopal too believes that the government needs to safeguard the Indian textile industry.

 
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