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USA massively shift its Apparel Business from China.

September 17, 2020.

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Opportunity for India says Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF)

The Chinese share in US Apparels had started declining since 2018. In particular, last year (2019) witnessed around 20000 Cr market share loss for China in the Apparel segment alone. Now – Post Covid, the declining trend is accelerating.

Prabhu Dhamodharan, Convenor, ITF.

Due to Covid implications, the overall US Apparel imports dropped by 30% in the first 7 months of 2020; while their import of Chinese Apparel dropped by 49%. Moreover, the news about recent US actions in terms of trade restrictions on Chinese Apparel and other products from one of the major textile regions – Xinjiang leads to a notion that it will accelerate the trend further.

All together, this trend may create a $10 Billion opportunity in US markets in the Apparel segment alone for other countries including India. The Indian Apparel clusters should take advantage of the situation and aggressively focus on US markets. After the EU-Vietnam FDA, Vietnam’s duty-free access may create further pressure to our Apparel exports to the EU. However, India competing nations like Vietnam and Bangladesh all have a level playing field in the USA because all of these countries do not have an FTA with the USA as of now.

So, it’s the right time to step up efforts with US markets as a market diversification strategy.

Many of our clusters in Tamil Nadu have demonstrated high levels of quality, consistency, on-time delivery, best sustainable practices, Green manufacturing practices, empowerment of rural workforce. Now it’s time for Tamil Nadu textile clusters to form an alliance; Project their strengths and Market it well to establish a strong TN textile sector and USA partnership as an alternative to China in the Apparel sector.

We urge each and every textile enterprise in Tamil Nadu to explore US markets aggressively NOW.

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[ 18 - Lambs for Lion ]

The bureaucrat's would step in now after the ordinance and the management full of ignorant men at the helm of affairs would be shown the exit gate along with god knows who would be included,may be myself too.How could I tell my wife.
The next day I went to the mills as usual and headed straight to the office of the man who hired me but he had left to Delhi to appeal against the Govt Ordinance,and get a stay order.
Here we received a message that a Colonel of the Indian Army would be arriving at our place to take over the mills.We had a smart Marwadi as Manager of the mills who had never seen a textile mill.He sent a officer to receive the Army man and put him up in a Guest House and informed him that there is a Govt stay order not to take over the mills,and that he should take instructions from his superiors befour he could enter the mills violating Supreme court orders.
The smart Army man was in no hurry he waited for ten days.
At Delhi,the the Advocate for our mill told the Supreme Court,something like,that the mill was belonging to the Government of Karnataka and there was no question of take over of the mills by Government of India.
The Supreme Court askd the Advocate if he represented Governament of Karnataka.
There was no apeal by Govt of Karnataka.
The petiton by the Marvadi was dismised.
The smart army man walked in to the mills and took over the next day.
He came to the mills at 7.00 AM.
I went to the mills at 8.00 AM.
He was in the post spinning section after taking round of the spinning department.
I met him there and I don't remember what happened except remembering his sweet smile.I don't remember what happened that day.
The next day he sent a message to all Heads of Dept's to meet him at 8.00AM.
We all sat around in a semi circle.
He told us to brief him our duties and responsibilities.
Every one except me told their duties in their department*.
I told him my duties in the whole mill operations as I did so**.
*Broken English.
** My English.
The next day he called me to his office and told me to take over the complete operations of the mills and he would look in to the Management of the mills.
A circulor was sent simultaniously to all the Heads of all the Dept's.
All the Lions were now Lambs and I was the Lion.

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How do you start writing about your son from day one of his entry on this planet after he has become a father and starts a blog of his own and starts writing on his first born even befour the baby lands on his arms?.
Frankly I never would have attempted to write the way he has written.Being a tough guy I was faced with a challenge.
When I commented to my son that I have this and that blah,blah to write,he said you start let me see how you go.
I took it as a challenge and started this from day one as per my method which is 45 years old.
Thouse were the days my son,which are embedded in my mind about you and your Mom.
After my marriage which was a arranged marriage,I had no plans or any wish to have a baby but after two years my first lady was mentioning by her sweet voice mumbling something sounding like baby,baby.For nearly three years I did manage but my father would not leave me,one day he told me that my father in law had a doubt on my ability to make a baby.That was it a challenge.The rest is now 40 plus years.