Study of Indian textile exports figures for the period April –September 2005 show a special trend.
Export of cotton textiles registered a small 2.72 percent increase in dollar terms at US $1.98 billion (Rs. 86.51 billion) in the period April/September 2005-06 against $1.93 billion (Rs. 87.44 billion) recorded during the same period of the previous financial year.
Among all cotton textile products, cotton madeups share rose to $ 1002.25 million in Apr/Sep 2005-06 compared to $854.45 million in Apr/Sep 2004-2005 a hefty 17.30 percent rise. On the other hand cotton yarn exports declined by 3.14 percent and figures for fabrics also came down 15.64 percent.
But star performer was cotton madeups segment that continue its success among cotton textile exports with a healthy 50.54 percent share.
Cotton yarn and fabrics export too registered 28.56 and 20.90 percent gains respectively. All this leads to indicate that International buyer preference goes for “off the shelf ready-to-use” products rather than items among commodities.
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