The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, informed the Rajya Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Jai Prakash Aggarwal that apart from China, Indian textile exports is also facing competition from countries like Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Pakistan. The year-wise details of textiles and clothing export of India in comparison to neighbour countries during the last three years are given below:
Value in US $ million
| Name of exporting Countries 2004 2005 2006 |
| Textile Clothing Textiles Clothing Textiles Clothing |
| China 33428 61856 41050 74163 48683 95388 |
| India 7009 6632 8462 9212 9330 10192 |
| Pakistan 6125 3026 7087 3604 7469 3907 |
| Indonesia 2961 4285 3353 4959 3605 5699 |
| Vietnam 534 4430 ---- 4838 ---- ---- |
| Cambodia ---- 1981 ---- 2193 ---- 2675 |
| Bangladesh 597 6296 696 7751 ---- ---- |
| Sri Lanka 149 2776 136 2874 154 3046 |
Source: World Trade Organisation
The Minister further informed that in the liberalised trade regime, the growth of textiles sector can be achieved with (i) lower production cost on account of lower power & capital costs (ii) higher productivity of labour (iii) better port and transport facilities (iv) better supply chain management (v) flexible labour laws (v) better exchange rate in terms of dollar and euro (vi) brand promotion (vii) big foreign investments, etc.
RM/AS –21.11.07-PQ2-Textile Export- USQ 413