New Delhi, Feb 25: The government on Wednesday said import of textiles and clothing items from China into the country is not so large to pose any threat to the domestic industry.
"No specific study has been conducted to assess the impact
on the domestic textiles industry since the import of textiles
and clothing items from China into India is not so large to
pose any threat to the domestic industry," Minister of State
for Textiles EVKS Elangovan said in a written reply to a query
in Rajya Sabha.
India`s import of textiles and clothing from China in 2007
-08 was valued at USD 1.37 billion against USD 1.14 billion a
year ago.
Replying to another question, the minister said India`s
textiles exports dipped by 16.5 percent in October 2008 on
account of the economic meltdown in the US and EU, the major
markets for Indian exports.
However, USD 12.14-billion exports in April-October 2008
were 5.25 percent up from USD 11.53 billion in the year-ago
period.
He also said the industry and trade associations have
made submissions before the government regarding loss of
employment in the textiles and garmenting industry due to
cheap imports. "However, no specific or definite number of job
loss has been reported so far," he said.
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