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May 14, 2012

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Government of India

Ministry of Textiles

14-May-2012 15:34 IST

India produced 54966 million Square meters, 60333 million Square meters and 62,559 million Square meters of cloth in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively. State-wise and year-wise details of production of Man-made fibre, spun yarn and filament yarn are at Annexure-I, II and III respectively.

(b) & (c): India is the second largest producer of cotton and cotton yarn, fourth largest producer of synthetic fibre yarn, seventh producer of raw wool and largest producer of Jute in the work.

The National Textile Policy of 2000 continues to be in place.

Cotton and cotton yarn markets have witnessed price stability in 2010-11.

The details of textile exports are at Annexure-IV.

The rate of excise duty on synthetic fibers has been raised from 10% to 12% in the Union Budget 2012-13. Government has received post budget representations from FICCI and others to reduce the excise duty on man made fibers and introduce optional excise duty of 6% to all textile products aimed at fibre neutral policy. Government did not make any changes in Finance Bill proposals for 2012-13.

Annexure – I

STATE-WISE PRODUCTION OF MAN-MADE FIBRE

     

(Million Kg.)

State

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12 (P)

ASSAM

-

-

-

GUJARAT

582.62

591.25

600.75

KARNATAKA

51.58

51.10

51.41

KERALA

-

-

-

MADHYA PRADESH

134.04

132.20

142.46

MAHARASHTRA

278.78

281.06

229.63

ORISSA

15.79

15.79

15.79

PUNJAB

110.68

116.70

117.33

RAJASTHAN

-

-

-

COIBATORE

-

-

-

TAMILNADU

27.00

25.76

11.70

UTTAR PRADESH

65.82

69.04

62.81

WEST BENGAL

-

-

-

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

1.73

1.73

1.73

Total

1,268.04

1,284.62

1,233.61

       

Annexure - II

Production of Spun Yarn during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12

(In kg.)

Sr.No.

State Name

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

1

Andhra Pradesh

23,35,60,810

29,26,01,334

34,17,89,907

2

Gujarat

19,74,68,386

20,92,14,760

19,72,83,281

3

Haryana

10,75,61,229

14,39,83,487

17,20,02,572

4

Jammu & Kashmir

4,54,48,312

4,52,73,193

4,44,78,434

5

Karnataka

6,23,66,719

4,75,06,797

4,00,34,610

6

Kerala

3,62,56,843

3,83,59,762

3,34,84,394

7

Madhya Pradesh

25,99,10,935

29,27,07,953

29,37,07,628

8

Maharashtra

36,62,78,428

39,48,75,903

36,58,97,626

9

Orissa

13,28,832

16,65,439

15,43,248

10

Punjab

58,95,16,100

65,10,65,295

65,11,13,844

11

Rajasthan

31,89,96,961

36,10,06,330

37,42,98,575

12

Tamil Nadu

1,59,53,93,259

1,81,75,12,299

1,48,27,97,418

13

Uttar Pradesh

6,99,05,865

7,33,04,736

5,85,41,441

14

West Bengal

2,89,00,422

3,72,65,480

2,72,72,020

15

Delhi

71,280

47,520

0

16

Pondicherry

81,95,236

74,43,192

61,24,853

17

Goa

4,78,707

3,09,827

1,32,480

18

Himachal Pradesh

14,65,08,655

14,66,73,977

11,87,63,442

19

Daman & Diu

29,48,126

27,34,432

21,86,849

20

Dadra Nagar Haveli

8,07,40,336

9,39,63,199

9,08,70,939

21

Uttaranchal

4,05,38,764

5,41,88,221

5,57,27,513

22

Jharkhand

10,76,531

9,25,313

7,68,924

T O T A L

4,19,34,50,736

4,71,26,28,449

4,35,88,19,998

 Annexure– III

State-wise production of Filament Yarn

(Mn.kg.)

State

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

ANDHRA PRADESH

33.18

2.92

2.92

ASSAM

-

-

-

GUJARAT

677.67

732.49

683.42

HARYANA

-

-

-

KERALA

-

-

-

MADHYA PRADESH

-

-

-

MAHARASHTRA

491.41

490.22

464.36

ORISSA

-

-

-

PUNJAB

22.88

22.66

18.90

RAJASTHAN

1.35

-

-

TAMILNADU

-

-

-

KANPUR

-

-

-

UTTAR PRADESH

56.33

57.17

50.84

WEST BENGAL

7.75

7.50

7.31

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

232.14

236.84

234.83

Total

1,522.72

1,549.79

1,462.57

       

Annexure – IV 

India Export Statistics

Commodity: Textile & Clothing, Ch50 to 63

Annual Series: 2008 - 2010, Year To Date: 07/2010 & 07/2011

Millions United States Dollars

Partner Country

 

Year To Date

2008

2009

2010

07/2010

07/2011

%Change

World

23064

21787

27188

15155

18259

20.48

United States

4700

4226

4946

2909

3392

16.6

China

880

868

2325

834

690

-17.31

United Arab Emirates

1667

1625

1798

1047

1233

17.83

United Kingdom

1695

1708

1667

975

1288

32.08

Germany

1556

1604

1528

909

1243

36.79

Bangladesh

610

500

1105

520

683

31.29

France

936

916

810

517

644

24.42

Italy

880

743

778

459

628

36.75

Turkey

462

399

667

405

431

6.44

Spain

643

676

667

416

532

27.92

Pakistan

453

565

657

417

283

-32.12

Netherlands

554

512

523

310

454

46.76

Brazil

353

288

497

296

325

9.9

Belgium

459

386

474

266

391

46.85

Saudi Arabia

435

429

473

271

292

7.75

Sri Lanka

313

307

397

210

298

41.9

Korea, South

200

211

378

239

196

-17.97

Hong Kong

186

218

369

171

172

0.79

Canada

388

358

347

207

263

27.27

Egypt

293

192

338

180

234

29.92

Denmark

275

279

281

172

247

43.1

Malaysia

150

136

279

115

142

24.08

Japan

279

240

261

162

258

59.15

Vietnam

113

102

238

115

99

-14.11

Portugal

164

135

229

132

150

14.04

Indonesia

194

112

228

131

102

-21.78

Afghanistan

152

252

206

106

165

56.02

Australia

179

184

205

106

152

43.24

South Africa

148

169

199

105

136

28.84

Singapore

121

142

192

108

109

0.88

Sweden

176

168

189

117

149

27.91

Iran

99

102

174

95

164

73.24

Mexico

137

110

159

88

125

41.52

Taiwan

92

58

133

63

44

-29.75

Poland

99

90

128

73

119

62.33

Peru

107

75

124

68

99

45.52

Colombia

69

66

115

69

94

36.37

Tanzania

114

100

112

61

59

-2.38

Thailand

99

77

110

72

64

-10.6

Israel

89

77

101

61

60

-1.75

Kenya

78

77

100

58

50

-13.81

This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi  in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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