Indian apparel exporters record dramatic gains in the post-quota trading environment

摘要

Indian apparel companies have achieved dramatic success in the first year of quota-free trade,according to India's Textile and Apparel Industry:Opportunities for Sourcing and Collaboration'-a new research report from Textiles Intelligence.Although China has made bigger gains in market share,India looks set to be one of the world's biggest locations for outsourc-ing textiles and apparel in the future,now that quotas have been eliminated and the Indian economy has been opened up to the outside world.India's textile and apparel sales to the EU grew by 30% last year,while those to the USA soared by 34%.By contrast,EU imports from all sources rose by only 8% in 2005,and US imports increased by just 6%.