QUESTIONNAIRE

A STUDY ON IMPACT OF RECESSION ON EXPORTS OF HOSIERY PRODUCTS

1) Name of your company:

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2) Nature of business Sole trading Partnership

Private ltd Public Ltd

3) Experience in the field 0 – 5 yrs 5-10 yrs

10-15 yrs above 15 yrs

4) Type of exporter manufacturing exporter merchant exporter

5) Kind of business export only export & domestic

6) Recognition for your export 1 star 2 star 3 star

performance and status ? 4 star 5 star

7) Types of products you are dealing with?

8) Countries to which you are exporting?

9) (A) Do you feel recession has

YES NO
effected your business?

(B) If YES, by what % did your 0-5 5-10

export orders fall by…? 10-15 above 15

10) (A) Did you reduce your YES NO

production level..?
 (B) If YES, by what % did you 0-5 5 – 10
reduce your production…? 10 - 15 above 15

11) (A) Have you trimmed the YES NO

workforce in past 16 months…?

(B) If YES, what % of employees 0-5 5 - 10

Were retrenched…? 10 - 15 above 15

12) (A) Have you cut the wages of YES NO

your employees ?

(B) If YES, to what % you 0-2 2–4

Reduced the wages…? 4-6 above 6

13) How was the prices of your increased reduced

product kept in past 16 months? Same varied

14) (A) Did your profit fall due YES NO

to RECESSION ?

(B)If YES, by what % did your 0-5 5 - 10

Profit fall …? 10 - 15 above 15

15) Have you identified any new markets

CHINA JAPAN

other than U.S and Europe? Like…. Others

16) Did government assist you in YES NO

Identifying such markets?

17) (A) Has the government relaxed any YES NO

norms with concern to recession?
 (B) If YES, is it in concern to duty drawback

export credit

Cash compensatory scheme

others

18) (A) Has any other organization aided your

business especially in past 16 months with
YES NO
subsidy, etc….

(B) If YES, name the organizations

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19) (A) Do you think the situation is gearing YES NO

Up this year?

(B) If YES, by what % did your export 0-2 2–4

orders have risen? 4-6 above 6

20) Has any new retailer placed orders with YES NO

you in the past 3 months?

21) What measures have you taken to cover

insurance

the risk due to Recession? Domestic market approach

others

22) What is your opinion on present economy?

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