The event is showcasing the 2016 Spring/Summer collections made by textile entrepreneurs of Tirupur knitwear cluster. Among the exhibits are: knitted T-shirts, children’s wear, night wear, trendy dresses for women and trousers.

Though the fair is being held twice a year, for the last two decades, a large section of knitwear exporters feel that the fair needs to undergo changes according to the changing scenario and must become a better platform for B2B interactions between a wide base of foreign buyers and manufacturers.

The three-day fair has been organised by the Apparel Export Promotion Council, India Knit Fair Association and Tirupur Exporters Association. It is India’s biggest fair for knitted garments. The India Knit Fair offers the knitting and yarn industries the best manufactured equipments and raw materials. It features leading knitwear exporting organizations from all over India. It is a platform to build contacts, develop business prospects and work on major tie-ups and partnerships. Among visitors are designers, manufacturers, buyers, agents and celebrities from the fashion world.

Tirupur has 80 per cent share of India’s knitted garment exports. Knitted garments are 45 per cent of India’s total textile exports.