Target Audience Sr.

. Merchandisers/ Team of Fashion Designing Departments Fashion Designers including Free lancers Industry Associates Market Consultants/ Consultancy bodies Fashion Institutes/ Students Manufactures, buyer/planners, retailers & brand promoters etc. Further information can be received from AEPC offices.

AEPC under its Export Promotion programs, is on again organizing Fashion Forecast Seminar in associatio with WGSN during the month of February and March 2013.

Dr. A. Sakthivel Chairman, AEPC

Shri V. Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

50th India International Garment Fair, Autumn / Winter 2013-14 held from 22 24 January 2013 at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The Chairman, AEPC, ATDC & IAM, Dr. A Sakthivel signed an MoU with the Executive Operating Officer, JUKI, Mr. Katsumi Nihei, on the setting up of ATDC-JUKI TECH Innovation Centre, in the presence of the Secretary, Textiles, Smt. Kiran Dhingra and the JS Exports, Ministry of Textiles, Shri V Srivinas, at ATDC Gurgaon, Haryana on

Smt. Dhingra, said the Ministry of Textiles has selected ATDC as a Nodal Agency since October 2010 under its Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) and the pioneering ATDC initiatives of setting up Training of Trainers Academies in Gurgaon, Thiruvanthapuram and Chhindwara, bringing out Digital Contents for the benefit of Trainers and Trainees, introduction of ERP system, and the launch of the ATDC-JUKI TECH Innovation Centre at the ATDC-SMART TOT Academy are indeed noteworthy.

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Secretary Textiles, Smt. Kiran Dhingra IAS, distributed the DISHA adoption certificate to the DISHA Champions. 78 factories which have been reached out for the training and implementation under project DISHA. The six days training programme/ workshop aimed at the capacity building and greater awareness for the effective implementation of the programme.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Programme by AEPC At the behest of the Honble Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles, Government of India, Shri. Anand Sharma, AEPC has volunteered a programme under Corporate Social Responsibility and distributed around 3000 blankets to the poor and needy people through various NGOs and Red Cross Societies.

Smt. Kiran Dhingra, Secretary, Textiles , Shri V. Srinivas, Jt. Secretary, Textiles in the presence of Chairman, AEPC , Dr. A. Sakthivel, distributing blankets to representative of Red Cross Society, Ambala , Shri. Harmesh Chand.

AEPC Chairman writes to Finance Minister & Commerce Minister Dr. A Sakthivel requests the Finance and Commerce Ministry to reduce the customs duty to flat 5% on Synthetic, Blended, Specialty fabric of cotton before budget announcement... Chairman AEPC further wrote that the garment export industry deliberated on the issue of raising the exports of garments from US$ 13.69 billion to US$ 30 billion in the next three years. Non availability of blended/ man-made fibre fabrics and specialty fabrics of cotton has been considered the single most important issue in augmenting exports of garments. He also submitted a proposal for enhancing 100% garment exports in 3 years by reducing customs duty to flat 5% on Synthetic/Blended/Specialty fabric of cotton on Pilot basis with condition of restricting to 10% export performance performed and realized in preceding year by garment exporter on actual user basis from 2013-14 onwards. The proposal envisages improvement in cut-to-ship ratio in fabrics, reduction in the lead time taken in the exports from 60 - 70 days to 35 - 40 days.

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Second AEPC Stakeholder Forum under Project DISHA

The 2nd Stakeholder' Consultation/ AEPC Stakeholder Forum meet convenes here today. The second stakeholder consultation was organized to discuss and consult the DISHA facilitation programme methodology being implemented in Garment Manufacturing Factories in India.

Representatives from major Brands, NGOs, Auditors, along with Officials of Ministry of Labour & Employment and Textiles Ministry attended the Second AEPC Stake Holder Meeting under the project DISHA. Below are a few images of the same

a decline, a similar trend is not noticed in case of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Even in the ASEAN countries of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia the impact of recession in United States and European Union has been more modest. There is a need to arrest the sharp decline in apparel exports, with suitable policy realignment to make Indian ready-made garments more attractive in world markets. The constant belief that the phasing out of the quota regime would significantly benefit Indian apparel exports can only be fully realized when the Apparel Industry adequately realigns itself to the challenges it confronts today. Government has a 4 pronged Strategy for enhancing apparel exports from India. The measures include (a) capturing new markets like Japan, Australia,

Rs. 8000 crores to Rs. 15404 crores. The sectoral subsidy benefits were also carefully examined to ensure optimum investments across the value chain. However the macroeconomic slowdown resulted in slower than envisaged pace of investments. With Textiles Mills recovering from the slowdown due to price volatility in cotton and cotton yarn in this year, it is envisaged that TUFS continuation in the 12th Plan will catalyze investments of Rs.151000 crores by 2017-18. What are the Ministry of Textiles Pre Budget Recommendations for the year 2013-14? The industry has for years presented a case for larger policy realignment with reforms in labor laws, faster customs clearances, setting up apparel clusters by moving apparel factories outside metropolitan cities, enhancing MAI financing, reduction in import duties on fabric and yarn and assured power

What are the other Industry Challenges that we need to focus on? I have answered the challenges faced by the Industry as part of our pre budget consultations with regard to labour law reform, faster customs clearances, reduction of duties on yarn and fabrics etc. These areas need further consensus building across the value chain to move forward on policy front.

What are your expectations from IIGF 2013? The IIGF is a flagship event of AEPC, and I do hope that it will transact adequate business to arrest decline in apparel exports being witnessed in the year 2012-13.

What are the measures taken by the Ministry to boost export of ready-made garments or apparels despite growing competition from countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and China? I have outlined the Government's 4 fold policy initiatives in terms of boosting apparel exports being implemented in the 12th Plan. Further reforms will also be undertaken following adequate consensus building across the industry value chain.

How can we make Indian textile industry globally competitive? Enhancing compliance through DISHA, reducing labor costs by shifting major apparel factories from metropolitan cities to areas with world class infrastructure under the SITP scheme, enhancing the skill base and reducing time lines for delivery will enable the industry to be globally competitive.

increasing price of raw materials for the power loom and the handloom weavers. What are your strategies to hold trust in garments, textiles and apparel manufacturers? The price volatility in cotton and cotton yarn that we witnessed in 2010-11 cotton season has moderated in 201213. We have not received any representations with regard to price volatility in the current season.

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Match making facility Magic fair authority will organize matchmaking program that is designed to connect buyers with exhibitors to facilitate business transactions and networking. The information will be sent out to all registered and qualified buyers before the show. The fair authority will set One to One appointment of the selected participants by the buyer. The match making service starts 60 days before the show dates. To avail this benefit, an exhibitor is expected to pay full participation charges with its complete profile.

AEPC to participate in Sourcing at Magic Benefit in participation fee on account of MAI grant from Ministry of Commerce On the basis of recommendations of the Ministry of Textiles, the Ministry of Commerce has approved the funding under Market Access Initiative (MAI) for the participation in Sourcing at Magic. Facilities provided in the fair Besides the standard exhibitor facilities, AEPC will also provide facilities such as interpreter services, overseas publicity, inland publicity, and publicity through signages, banners standees and space allocation in the priority areas of the trade fair.

U.S.A. Apparel Iindustry USA is the largest importer of garments with imports of over US $ 78 billion. Indias garment export to USA is US $ 3370 million during 2011, which amounts to around 4.3 % of USAs total garment imports from World.

application, obtaining the license and closing of the license. 2. There is no standardization in patterns and the consumption of the input fabric is not uniform. Therefore, the norms cannot be made for fashion items. Buyers perceive that license route of import is tedious, as compared to easy import in other countries and therefore, cannot give orders in India with imported fabric. 3. For smaller quantity of fabric import, the procedure of Advance License is the same. Thus, it becomes highly uneconomical. AEPC had called a Brainstorming Session on August 6, 2012. All exporters expressed difficulty in getting fabric for export production. It has been observed that Cotton Blends with other fibers, 100% MMF, Blend Knitted and 100% MMF knitted etc. are the kind of fabrics which are not available in India with

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Initiatives AEPC Aepc to organize fashion forecast seminar for the season spring/summer 2014

Texworld USA Texworld USA hosted 236 companies from 16 countries, representing a 45% increase from the previous winter event. The three day expo presented the latest in textiles for the apparel fashion industry.