To fill the supply gap of viscose fabric in India, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) held a webinar on sourcing of viscose fabric in association with Birla Cellulose. A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC urged India to increase domestic supply of quality viscose fabric at the right price to increase presence in manmade fibre (MMF) based garments sector. He talked about, government plans to introduce the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the MMF segment.
PMS Uppal, MD, Pee Empro Exports, urged exporters to focus on the entire package including R&D, design, innovation, speed and price of MMF garments. He also urged them to speed up deliveries. Sudhir Sekri, Chairman, Export Promotion Sub Committee, called for a combination of brand pressure, regulatory enforcement and supplier implementation to quicken viscose production in the country.
The event was also attended by several textile companies including Eagle Silk Mills,which requested the government to target international branding of their garments to promote them in the global market, as per Darmesh Patel, Director.
