Knitwear exports from Tirupur grew to $4 billion this financial year, says Raja Shanmugham, President, TirupurExporters Association. Exports from Tirupur contributed one per cent to the total exports worth $400 billion from the country, he adds.

Shanmugham also appreciated Prime Minister NarenderModi for granting rebate on State and Central taxes and levies (RoSCTL) for three years for the garment sector, remission of duties and taxes on export products (RoDTEP) for other industries, additional 10 per cent credit under emergency credit-line guarantee scheme (ECLGS), continuance of interest equalisation scheme with retrospective effect from October last year.