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The labour-intensive textile and apparel industry, whose exports to the U.S. represent 28% of its planetary shipments, hopes for revival of orders and investments pursuing simplification of tariffs to 18%.
Textile and garment exports dropped 30% and 31.4% successful October and November 2025 respectively compared with the corresponding play successful 2024 owed to the tariff.
According to K.M. Subramanian, president of Tiruppur Exporters Association, astir 34% of knitted garment exports from Tiruppur is to the U.S. The exporters expect orders to prime up present and volition commencement investing to physique capacities.
Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council, A. Sakthivel, said the 18% tariff is expected to springiness a beardown boost to apparel exports and pull caller investments crossed the worth chain.
Vijay Agarwal, president of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, said the precocious measurement location textiles/furnishings assemblage was 1 of the worst hit. The tariff chopped volition payment the location textiles and apparel assemblage and orders volition commencement picking up for the U.S. now, helium added.
