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Russia wants to reduce its dependence on Turkish textiles and clothing. The feeling is that the creation of one’s own domestic light industry is cheaper than continuing imports of finished products from abroad. Shadowy imports of textiles into Russia are about one-third of the total supply.
It may be recalled that Turkey shot had down a Russian fighter jet over an airspace violation along its Syrian border in November, a development that has prompted Russia to introduce a number of economic sanctions against Turkey in retaliation. Having officially banned many fruit and vegetable imports from Turkey, the sanctions also included tightened custom checks on textile products.
The Republic of Dagestan is seen as a potential center for the textile and light industry. The republic has a number of advantages over other regions, including the presence of an increasing number of idle hands, the traditional love for working with fabrics etc. Until now, it only lacked investment and political will to realise the idea into practice.
In the meantime Chinese and Indian companies have mobilised all means to replace their Turkish counterparts in Russia. Even Italians have, in recent times, taken some steps to boost their presence in the Russian market.
Turkey’s ready-to-wear textile exports slid 10.3 per cent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2015.
Despite difficulties, China is still the world leader in textiles with $170 billion worth of garment exports a year. However, the trend since early last year has clearly been down, in part because of stagnant demand in world markets and, to some extent, because unit prices are down.
However, these problems have not really affected competitors in Asia viz. Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. In total, their garment exports still amount to only about 30 per cent of mainland China’s but they are all growing. The real laggard here is Hong Kong, which as late as 2002, boasted a higher value of garment exports than all the challengers combined but which has now finally vanished from the rag trade.
According to National Bureau of Statistics, the mainland’s average manufacturing wage in 2014 (the latest data available) was the equivalent of $8,300 a year. The comparable figure for Vietnam is about $3,000 and for Bangladesh about $1,000. Wage levels are not the only determinant of who moves up and or down in the industry. If they were, India with its vast population and wages at half of Vietnam’s level would export much more than Vietnam instead of only a fraction. The structural inefficiency of the Indian economy is always notable.
Global Textile machinery market is witnessing tremendous growth buoyed by growing demand of textile and apparel market, believes Sanjiv Lathia, Chairman, India ITME Society. Lathia addressed the media recently in Milan, Italy while announcing the 10th edition of India International Textile Machinery Exhibition 2016, the largest textile machinery and accessory exhibition in India which will be held from December 3 to 8, 2016 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India.
Textile machinery growth on upswing Lathia explained the industry growth in India over the years. The industry witnessed a growth of 8-10 per cent to Rs 22, 000 crores in 2014 from Rs 20,000 crores in 2013. The size of India’s textile machinery industry is poised to double to Rs 45,000 crores in the next seven years from the present Rs 22,000 crores in light of new projects and emphasis on setting up textile parks. The textile machinery manufacturing section is one of the important segments of the machinery manufacturing industry in India.
Meanwhile, India’s textile and apparel industry (domestic and exports) is expected to grow from the current $107 billion to $223 billion by 2021. India is expected to be a leading textile producing country in the world by 2020. He points out, the current domestic textile and apparel market is estimated to be $68 billion which is expected to grow at 12 per cent CAGR to become $154 billion by 2020. Apparel constitutes the majority share of the market with value of $50 billion in 2013. Technical textile is a promising segment which is expected to grow fast at 18 per cent CAGR.
In global exports of textile and apparel in 2013, India occupied second position in textile exports with 7-per cent share but ranked sixth in apparel exports with 3.7-per cent share. Overall, India held second position with 5.2-per cent share of global exports. India has potential to increase its export share from present 5 per cent to 8 per cent by 2020, he opined.
In his address Lathia observed that with increasing manufacturing costs in China and issues of social compliance in Bangladesh, global buyers are looking towards sourcing destinations with costs lower than China and reliability higher than Bangladesh. Lathia said, in this scenario India stands to gain most in the long run with abundant availability of skilled manpower and a bigger and well integrated supply chain from fiber to finished product.
Lathia said, the total domestic and export market of India will grow at a CAGR of 12 per cent from present $108 billion to $243 billion in 2020 and investments worth $100 billion will be required for textile and apparel manufacturing in India to support this growth. Besides the capacity addition by existing players, India envisage the entry of major international players, in manufacturing of textile and apparel in India. Yarn manufacturing, weaving and processing are expected to attract-75 per cent of the investments.
India has the potential to become manufacturing hub in the textile machinery, with abundance of skilled labour, low cost availability of natural resources, research and development in order to ensure modern and innovative technologies are developed in the country. With a growing market and manufacturing scenario in India, textile machinery manufacturing in India will become more attractive and beneficial, Lathia concluded.
Supported by Heavy Industries Department, Ministry of Textiles, NSIC among other domestic and international organizers, India ITME-2016 is much anticipated and looked forward event by the industry.
Indian textile stocks have performed well in the last one year. Out of the 52 textile stocks, 43 have fetched positive return on investments (ROIs) despite Indian textiles going through a lean phase since the last few years despite the government’s measures have done little to help the industry.
The industry is facing issues like falling exports of cotton yarn and apparel, growing competition from China, negative impact of global economic slowdown, mounting inventories, lack of capital infusion for technology upgradation and volatile stock markets among others for a long time.The ongoing Chinese economic slowdown is a fresh phenomenon, but the Indian textile industry, mainly cotton yarn producers and apparel exporters, are on tenterhooks since long on account of escalating raw material prices and falling overseas demand.
The shares of Blue Blends (India) generated a hefty return of 585.20 per cent in the last one year. Similarly, Premco Global has skyrocketed 305.86 per cent to Rs 765.25 from Rs 188.55 as on January 15, 2015. The more significant fact is that these ROIs have outperformed benchmark indices big time. In last one year, the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 have tanked by over 12 per cent, while the BSE Small cap Index, too, has plunged 4.69 per cent.
Indonesia intends to voice its concerns and negotiate a few issues with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signatories before officially joining the US-led multilateral trade cooperation. It would take another year for TPP ratification to complete and during that time the country would thoroughly discuss its concerns surrounding the TPP. Under the state-owned enterprises clause, the TPP treaty requires member countries to ensure equal treatment for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private businesses, especially when SOEs receive government backing to engage in commercial activity. The country would negotiate the matter, especially given the fact that the Constitution mandated that the state was to control natural resources for the people’s welfare.
Textile business associations, meanwhile, highlighted benefits for Indonesia’s textile and footwear industry if the country joined the TPP as the products would be subject to zero per cent tax, making Indonesia competitive with regional counterpart Vietnam, which has joined the TPP.
To further review the benefits and negative impacts of joining the TPP, the Indonesian government will form teams to review future trade agreements and partnerships. Negotiations on the TPP were concluded in October last year by 12 signatory countries, namely Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the US.
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics will take place March 16 to 18, 2016. This is Asia’s most comprehensive trade fair for apparel fabrics and accessories. Over 3,000 exhibitors from around the world will participate. Buyers can easily access their target products in the new venue, and as such, a number of pavilions and product zones will be featured.
Some of France’s leading suppliers have already confirmed to take part, including Malhia Kent with its fabrics for luxury pret-a-porter and haute-couture, as well as high-end lace and embroidery producer Solstiss Sarl.
The France Zone is located inside Salon Europe, which is the destination to find high end apparel fabrics and accessories producers from Europe. Some of the leading brands returning to the fair this year include Miroglio Textile from Italy, Turkey’s Soktas Tekstil and Liberty Art Fabrics from the UK. And a highlight for many buyers at the fair is the Milano Unica Pavilion from Italy, which this year features around 100 of Italy’s best textile producers showcasing their latest collections for women’s wear and men’s wear.
The Japan Pavilion returns with over 20 exhibitors, while the Korea Pavilion will feature a large selection of man-made and functional fabrics. Taiwan Pavilion houses over 50 exhibitors of accessories, cotton, denim, embroidery, jacquard, knit, lace, polyester, spandex and wool blended and woven fabrics.
India’s largest textile park will come up in Telengana’s Warangal town. The cotton-to-garment park will be set up in an area of 2,000 to 3,000 acres. While textile parks in different parts of the country like Solapur, Tirupur and Surat are engaged in manufacturing specific categories of garments, the park in Warangal will cover all segments. The international standard park will also have an apparel park for readymade clothing.
The government will promote the park in collaboration with various companies. With a major railway junction in Warangal, and the possibility of an airport, the textile cluster is expected to have tremendous potential.
With a population of 10 lakh, Warangal is the second biggest city in Telengana after Hyderabad. The park with a township will increase Warangal’s population by four to five lakhs in three to four years.
About 70 parks have been approved under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks. The aim is to attract investment, generate employment and make the textile manufacturing industry globally competitive and India a world leader. However, textile parks face difficulties in getting environmental clearances in several states. In a number of cases, entrepreneurs face difficulties in getting land, in getting clearances, in getting electricity connections.
Considering the slowdown in India’s textile and apparel exports growth, the Ministry of Textiles has recommended several measures to improve the situation of the industry. As per the latest figures, textile and garment exports rose 0.6 per cent to almost $18 billion in the first half of the current fiscal from the previous year.
The textile and garment exports target $47.5 billion for 2015-16 with a projected growth rate of almost 14 per cent from a year before. However, the targets are set to be missed as Indian exporters are facing turmoil in global market not only because of the competition but also because of policies that have not rendered positive results. Most exporters, small, medium and big strongly feel that if the government works on improving some areas it will definitely bring positive results.
Some of these are: reduction of excise duty on man-made textiles from 12 per cent to 6 per cent; enhancement of market coverage under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS); upward revision of duty drawback rates as well as value caps; continuation of interest subvention scheme and expanding its scope; and providing working capital at 7 per cent to exporters under priority sector lending.
Of these, the government has taken action on recommendations related to MEIS, duty drawback (rates were raised by 2 per cent for textile products in November) and interest subvention. The Ministry of Textiles realising the potential impact of FTAs, including TPP, where the inclusion of a significant apparel producer, Vietnam, in TPP has the potential to shift global trading pattern, as Vietnam will get duty-free access to the US, Canada and Australia.
Suryalakshmi Cotton, the third largest denim fabric producer in India, has reported a 3 per cent dip in its Q2 revenues. The company recorded total revenue of Rs 180 crores in Q2 2015-16, down three per cent compared to the same quarter of previous year. However, profit before tax increased by a healthy 18 per cent and stood at Rs 9.50 crores, as against Rs 8.03 crores from the year-ago period. The company earned profit after tax and EPS of Rs 6.97 crores and Rs 4.18 respectively for the quarter as compared to Rs 5.85 crores and Rs 3.51 in Q2 of FY 2014-15, a robust growth of 19 per cent.
Growth is primarily attributed to the company’s strategic focus on product innovation, especially the value added denim range. They launched over 100 new denim fabric variants with a combination of new dyeing and fibre technologies. The new offerings received a positive response from existing as well as new customers with orders increasing. The company’s major capacity expansion of 26,000 spindles at Amravati in Maharashtra was completed during the quarter and production of value-added fancy yarns commenced.
The Amravati is equipped to meet the company’s fancy yarn requirements and 40 per cent of its production will be for captive use at the denim fabric plant in Nagpur. An annual revenue of Rs 150 crores plus is expected from this plant alone. Further, the unit also expands the company’s scope to invest in R&D, enabling it to be in sync with the latest global trends in denim and to cater to international and domestic fashion demands effectively. The balance 60 per cent production of these high-end yarns would be sold to global and domestic customers.
The recently concluded Garmentech Bangladesh 2016 at Dhaka, and International Yarn and Fabrics Sourcing Fair and GAP Expo-2016 witnessed global participation with almost 300 exhibitors and delegates coming together from all over the world.
The trade fairs gave a glimpse of the country’s growing production base which covers jean manufacturing and yarn and accessories. Sustainability and technology gained importance as major technology providers highlighted technology driven, high efficiency equipments like power-saving cutters, power-saving motors for sewing machines, boilers that run on garbage etc. In the sewing segment, advanced sewing machineries were showcased which do not require feed from the operator’s foot instead, the needlepoint is guided by a sensor for detecting the fabric plies and it is done based on the programmed stitch length and SPI, deskilling the operation and reducing the material handling.
To achieve better efficiency and volume, Bangladeshi exporters are now gradually moving towards backward integration. Hence, experts forecast a greater demand for yarn in Bangladesh in the coming years. Exhibitors say the new venue proved fruitful and the quality of visitors had also improved. From decision makers to procurement teams, merchandisers and technical teams of export houses the crowd was varied. Exhibitors were happy about the quality of visitors, as they got more time to spend.
