Speaking at the recent second edition of the National Textile Conclave, the Indian Texpreneurs Federation noted the trade war between the US and China has provided a good opportunity to India in the textile sector. With global export of textiles pegged at $260-billion, export from China to US has declined by three to four per cent in the last five months, which needs to be encashed by the Indian textile manufacturers.

Organised by the Quality Circle Forum Of India (QCFI), the conclave aimed at creating awareness and spreading the principle of Japanese '5S system' which stands for: order, cleanliness, purity and commitment, and quality circle principles. It noted that in order to reduce the cost in basic commodity apparels, manufacturers need to shift their focus to value-added products in apparel segment and large-scale apparel manufacturing.