India imports of viscose fibre worth in January-November 2022 was 63 per cent higher in value than the imports of $135.116 million in 2021. The import volume increased by 50 per cent, which was 62.432 million kg in 2021, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.
India's imports slipped to $86.252 million (46.352 million kg) in 2020 from $103.535 million (48.384 million kg) in 2019. But they bounced back in 2021 when they reached $135.116 million (62.432 million kg). Earlier, the country's import of viscose was $94.833 million (41.689 million kg) in 2018 and $66.253 million (27.725 million kg) in 2017.
Indonesia was the top supplier with a 29.57 per cent share in India's viscose import during January-November 2022. Among the top five suppliers, Austria had a share of 17.17 per cent, Hong Kong 15.62 per cent, China 10.68 per cent, and Singapore 10.02 per cent, as per TexPro.
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