Anil Peshawari, MD, Meenu Creation, Noida If it happens, it will affect companies working for domestic sector, until and unless there is any major change in existing policies. I don’t think that many exporters are working with domestic market because when someone is making for exports, he has to follow compliances and SOPs. If during lean period someone produces for domestic in the same factory, it is kind
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of spoiling the factory for export environment and that is not viable. I don’t know any exporter who is producing substantially for domestic.
Ravi Poddar, President, Garment Exporters Association of Rajasthan, Jaipur I don’t see how it is going to affect the apparel manufacturing community as a whole. Exporters don’t prefer to use these Chinese fabric as they
prove very expensive. Domestic brands are importing such fabric directly from China or sourcing it from importers, they will naturally face some impact. Similarly, it may create opportunity for more consumption of Indian fabric as brands will prefer to use Indian fabric.
Aditya Shankar Arora, Proprietor, VN Creation, Surat We welcome this initiative; overall Chinese fabric is very
poor in quality so naturally it becomes cheap. Indian fabric manufacturers like us are also forced to downgrade quality as there is no other way to tackle this issue. Quality-conscious Indian garment manufacturers do get quality fabric from China as it is also comparatively cheaper as we have to pay many taxes for the same fabric that we are producing in India. So, the Government must impose anti-dumping duty on Chinese fabric.
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Most Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) are recognizing companies based on turnovers, though there are many other exporters who may be small but are doing excellent work in various categories/areas like sustainability, niche products, new processes, innovative working styles…, etc. Do you think that ‘turnover’ alone should be the criteria for awards… If yes, why; and if no, what are the areas that need to be acknowledged and need encouragement?
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