Indian apparel exporters are having a presence at International Apparel and Textile Fair, Dubai, November 28 to 30, 2022.

The aim is to showcase the best of India’s apparel designs and styles in line with the latest fashion trends in a wide range of traditional cotton and manmade fiber garments. Indian exhibitors are displaying organic, sustainable products, men’s andwomen’s sweatshirts, pants, night suits, blouses, jerseys, pullovers, men’s and boys’ trousers, women’s dresses, skirts, trousers, leggings, petticoats, loungewear, active wear, wind jackets, bras, baby garments and clothing accessories, shawls, scarves, mufflers, recyclable and ethnic garments.

The fair opens huge business opportunities for UAE clothing brands to source from India considering the strengths of the Indian garment industry in terms of the variety of raw material availability right from cotton, jute, silk, viscose, nylon, acrylic with abundant in house production. India is the second largest supplier of readymade garments to the UAE just after China. The UAE has traditionally been the topmost trading partner for Indian garment exports.

With the signing of the UAE-India CEPA agreement giving duty free access to Indian garment exports this share is expected to increase further. After having established itself in traditional garments, the Indian apparel industry has now moved on to diversifying itself into newer areas of manmade fiber garments.