Raja M Shanmugham, President, Tirupur Exporters Association, has urged Tirupur textile units to resume cotton supply immediately as the mills have stopped supplying cotton yarn and are not taking up fresh orders. Shanmugham has written to all textile mills associations including SIMA, TASMA and ITF to advise their members to supply the yarn continuously to protect the Tirupur Knitwear Exports sector.

According to him, the mills’ decision to stop supply would impact garment units, largely affecting exports and stimulating job losses. It would also lead to foreign buyers cancelling orders and leaving the country. Shanmugham further said that the rise in yarn prices in the past two months has led to textile units incurring losses on already committed orders and the garment sector operating on wafer-thin margins.