Indian Apparel - India's Trusted Apparel & Textile B2B Platform for News, Events & Manufacturers Directory

Tag: Free Trade Agreements

Textile Industry Sees Export Growth
National News Apparel and Textile News Apparel Association Ministry of Textiles News

Textile Industry Sees Export Growth Across 100+ Markets

The Textile Industry, due to several reforms undertaken to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic textile and apparel sector, has witnessed a reduction in India’s import dependency by 13.9% during April–December 2025 as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. During the said period, India’s imports of textiles and apparel, including Ready-Made Garments, […]

Traditional Textile Sector Benefits
National News Apparel and Textile News Apparel Association Ministry of Textiles News

Traditional Textile Sector Benefits From Trade Agreements

Traditional Textile and apparel exports have gained momentum under India’s key trade agreements. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA), where Australia eliminated its tariffs on all products, came into effect on 29th December 2022. The India–UAE (United Arab Emirates) CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement), implemented from 1st May 2022, provides preferential market […]

TEA requests to solve Knitwear Exporting Unit's Problem
Apparel and Textile News Trade Info News

TEA requests to solve Knitwear Exporting Unit’s Problem

In a recent meeting with the Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani, the president of Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA), Raja M Shanmugham urges to increase the duty drawbacks rates, rebate of state Levies (RoSL) and interest equalization scheme to bring some relief in the knitwear exporting units. Shanmugham in a letter described the need for India […]

Series of signed FTAs will boost the Vietnam Textile Sector
Apparel and Textile News Global News

Series of signed FTAs will boost the Vietnam Textile Sector

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) feels that this year many Vietnamese garment companies have kept high growth in the traditional markets, such as the United States (US), South Korea, the European Union (EU) nations and member states of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). ‘A series of recently-signed free trade […]

Gangwar's Help Sought To Expedite FTAS
Apparel and Textile News Ministry of Textiles News

Gangwar’s Help Sought To Expedite FTAS

The Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) has sought textile minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar’s assistance in addressing issues hampering the growth of exports including the lack of Free Trade Agreements. It a memorandum to the minister, TEA wanted a list of fabric items to be included for import under Export Performance Certificate, without payment of duty so […]

FTAs To Diversify Markets
Apparel and Textile News Trade Info News

FTAs To Diversify Markets

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) outreach programme – ‘Diversify markets and increase in Exports’ will be organised at TEA conference Hall in Tirupur on February 23. Joint secretary, ministry of commerce and industry Ravi Kapoor and his team of officials will take part in the interactions with the participants at the event, organised by ministry of […]

© 2026. Freeman Apparel & Lifestyle. All rights reserved.