The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council

April - November 2014-15

EXPORTS OF INDIAN SYNTHETIC AND RAYON TEXTILES DURING APRIL – NOVEMBER 2014-15

Exports of Indian MMF textiles during April-November 2014-15 were US$ 3391.56 Million against US$ 3136.78 Million during the same period of the previous year.

Value in US$ Mn

 

 

April-Nov 2014-15

 

April-Nov 2013-14

 

Grw/decline (%)

Fabrics

1375.24

1259.47

9.19

Yarn

940.77

945.55

-0.50

Made-ups

826.90

682.45

21.17

Fibre

248.65

249.32

-0.27

Total

3391.56

3136.78

8.12

Source: Port data

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Indian MMF textiles exports grew by 8.12% during April-November 2014-15 as compared to the same period of the previous year.
  • Fabrics and made-ups segments have witnessed encouraging growth during April-November 2014-15; Viz, Fabrics by 9.19% and Made-ups by 21.17% whereas export of Yarn and Fibre declined by 0.50% and 0.27% respectively. Exports of Fabrics dominated with 41% share followed by Yarn 28%, Made-ups 24% and Fibre 7% in the Indian MMF textile exports.
  • The collective share of value-added products like fabrics and made-ups accounted for 65% of the total Indian MMF exports during April-November 2014-15.
  • Polyester Filament Fabrics (US$ 460.32 Mn) remained the topmost exported product in India’s MMF textile exports followed by Polyester Filament Yarn (US$ 445.61 Mn) and Synthetic Filament Fabrics (USD 326.68 Mn) during the period.
  • Other major fabrics exported during the period were Syhthetic Filament Fabrics (USD 326.68 Mn) and Polyester Viscose Fabrics (US$ 218.04 Mn), etc.
  • In case of MMF yarn exports, Polyester Filament Yarn was the leading item with exports worth US$445.61 Mn followed by Polyester Cotton Yarn (US$ 135.42 Mn) and Polyester Viscose Yarn (US$ 91.82 Mn).
  • In Made-ups, exports of Bulk Containers was the leading item with exports worth US$ 237.99 Mn followed by Shawls/Scarves and Muffler exports worth US$ 128.02 Mn and US$ 88.44 Mn.
  • Polyester Staple Fibre (US$ 122.06 Mn) was the leading item in the MMF category followed by Viscose Staple Fibre (US$ 85.79 Mn) and Acrylic Staple Fibre (US$ 25.16 Mn).
  • Exports of Synthetic blended fabrics and Artificial filament fabrics, which contributed a share of nearly 1% each in the Indian MMF fabrics exports, have witnessed excellent growth of 148% each while Viscose Spun Fabrics which contributed only 0.78% of the MMF fabrics exports grew by whooping 126.53% during the period.
  • Polyester Wool Yarn constituted a share of only 1.72% in the Indian MMF Yarn export, but has grown by nearly 43% during the period. India’s exports of Sacks and Bags (1.21% share in made-ups) grew by 167%.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • India’s MMF Fabric exports have started declining since October 2014 after rising in September 2014. Fabric Exports have remained fairly steady during April- August 2014-15.
  • The MMF yarn exports were declining during April – July 2014. Exports picked up from August 2014 and remained stable thereafter.
  • MMF Made-ups exports have been steadily increasing since April 2014. However, exports witnessed a drop of 11% in October 2014 as compared to September 2014. The exports grew by USD 3% in November 2014.
  • The exports of Man-made fibres have remained steady with minor rise and fall during the period April-November 2014-15.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • USA continued to be the leading market for Indian MMF textiles with 11% share in total exports followed by UAE (10%). Turkey was the 3rd largest market for India’s MMF textile export with a share of 9% during April-November 2014-15.
  • Saudi Arabia emerged as the 4th largest market, surpassing Pakistan by mere US$ 56.91 Mn during the period.
  • Egypt, which contributed a share of only 1.7%, has witnessed an excellent growth of 296% during this period. India’s MMF exports to Bangladesh have increased nearly by 63%.
  • Other major markets during April-November 2014-15 were Italy, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Spain, Benin, Hong Kong, Netherlands, etc.
  • From in the Euro Zone, Italy has emerged as one of the leading markets for our exports during April–November 2014-15 with exports US$ 105.30 Mn.
  • USA has remained the main leading market for Indian MMF made-ups and Fabrics.
  • Exports of Indian MMF Yarn to Brazil witnessed a decline of 36% during April–Nov 2014-15 as compared to the same period of last year.

PRODUCT-WISE EXPORT PERFORMANCE APRIL–NOVEMBER 2014-15

Value in USD Mn

Products

April-Nov 2014-15

April-Nov 2013-14

Net Change

% Change

FABRICS (Woven+non-woven+knitted)

Polyester Filament

460.32

460.97

-0.65

-0.14

Synthetic Filament

326.68

278.13

48.55

17.46

Polyester Viscose

218.04

192.40

25.64

13.33

Polyester Blended

107.00

84.73

22.27

26.28

Synthetic Non Specified

68.42

71.48

-3.06

-4.28

Polyester Wool

31.64

25.86

5.78

22.35

Synthetic Cotton

31.52

28.53

2.99

10.48

Polyester Cotton

25.61

30.08

-4.47

-14.86

Polyester Spun

24.92

35.02

-10.10

-28.84

Synthetic Blended

17.24

6.94

10.30

148.41

Nylon Filament

15.22

13.09

2.13

16.27

Viscose Spun

10.76

4.75

6.01

126.53

Artificial Filament

10.53

4.25

6.28

147.76

Acrylic Spun

27.32

23.22

2.47

17.66

Total Fabrics

1375.22

1259.45

2.47

9.19

YARN

Polyester Filament

445.61

496.00

-50.39

-10.16

Polyester Cotton

135.42

105.43

29.99

28.45

Polyester Viscose

91.82

84.74

7.08

8.35

Polyester Spun

64.03

67.21

-3.18

-4.73

Viscose Spun

46.79

45.55

1.24

2.72

Viscose Filament

36.35

34.54

1.81

5.24

Acrylic Spun

27.25

25.67

1.58

6.16

Synthetic Spun

21.76

21.86

-0.10

-0.46

Polyester Wool

16.17

11.31

4.86

42.97

Artificial Spun

16.05

14.66

1.39

9.48

Synthetic Non Specified

7.69

3.97

3.72

93.70

Nylon Filament

7.59

6.77

0.82

12.11

Acrylic Cotton

6.90

5.31

1.59

29.94

Viscose Cotton

5.43

6.08

-0.65

-10.69

Polypropylene Filament

3.01

2.47

0.54

21.86

Synthetic Wool

1.22

0.93

0.29

31.18

Artificial Cotton

7.69

13.04

-5.35

-41.03

Total Yarn

940.78

945.54

-4.76

-0.50

MADE-UPS

Bulk Containers

237.99

164.24

73.75

44.90

Shawls/Scarves

128.02

69.99

58.03

82.91

Muffler

88.44

130.03

-41.59

-31.98

Motifs

50.35

37.49

12.86

34.30

Blanket

29.71

21.07

8.64

41.01

Fishing Net

25.82

17.88

7.94

44.41

Dress Material

25.61

23.31

2.30

9.87

Bed Linen

18.58

19.60

-1.02

-5.20

Bedsheet

17.70

22.43

-4.73

-21.09

Rope

14.45

12.45

2.00

16.06

Sacks and Bags

10.00

3.75

6.25

166.67

Braids

7.68

7.78

-0.10

-1.29

Dish-cloths/Dusters

7.14

13.54

-6.40

-47.27

Life Jacket

6.50

6.59

-0.09

-1.37

Furnishing Articles

5.30

6.76

-1.46

-21.60

Curtains

4.90

5.67

-0.77

-13.58

Labels

148.90

119.88

29.02

24.21

Total Made-ups

827.09

682.46

144.63

21.19

FIBRE

Polyester Staple

122.06

150.55

-28.49

-18.92

Viscose Staple

85.79

61.31

24.48

39.93

Acrylic Staple

25.16

19.26

5.90

30.63

Acrylic Filament

9.16

6.22

2.94

47.27

Other Fibre

6.46

11.98

-5.52

-46.08

Total Fibre

248.63

249.32

-0.69

-0.28

*Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (HS Code 63053200)/big bag/bulk bag or Super Sack is a standardized container in large dimensions for storing and transporting dry, flowable products, for example sand, fertilizers , and granules of plastics, most often made of thick woven polyethylene or polypropylene, either coated or uncoated. **Other Made-ups include Tents, Sails, Rags, Embroidery (without visible ground) & Accessories.

LEADING MARKETS

                        Value in USD Mn

Markets

Apr-Nov 2014-15

Apr-Nov 2013-14

Net Change

% Change

USA

387.07

340.30

46.77

13.74

UAE

324.99

284.36

40.63

14.29

Turkey

321.27

283.02

38.25

13.51

Saudi Arabia

186.28

165.57

20.71

12.51

Pakistan

129.37

114.59

14.78

12.90

Italy

105.30

109.79

-4.49

-4.09

Belgium

99.79

89.17

10.62

11.91

Sri Lanka

84.77

82.11

2.66

3.24

Brazil

75.04

111.82

-36.78

-32.89

Spain

65.03

62.49

2.54

4.06

Benin

64.33

55.65

8.68

15.60

Hong Kong

61.00

56.08

4.92

8.77

Netherlands

60.67

61.03

-0.36

-0.59

Egypt

57.25

14.46

42.79

295.92

Korea, dem

55.11

49.53

5.58

11.27

Vietnam, dem

40.02

45.67

-5.65

-12.37

Peru

39.68

36.86

2.82

7.65

Croatia

39.04

32.55

6.49

19.94

China

38.21

35.52

2.69

7.57

France

37.10

30.95

6.15

19.87

Bangladesh

36.84

22.61

14.23

62.94

Japan

36.42

31.33

5.09

16.25

Canada

32.28

31.00

1.28

4.13

 

MAJOR MARKETS FOR MMF FABRICS

                                                                                                       Value in USD Mn

Markets

Apr-Nov  2014-15

Apr-Nov 2013-14

Net Change

% Change

USA

268.69

231.94

36.75

15.84

Saudi Arabia

219.27

196.98

22.29

11.32

Pakistan

84.67

67.25

17.42

25.90

Sri Lanka

67.33

62.23

5.10

8.20

UAE

58.19

61.64

-3.45

-5.60

Hong Kong

50.58

42.13

8.45

20.06

Vietnam, dem

34.57

40.60

-6.03

-14.85

Korea, dem

27.24

24.75

2.49

10.06

Egypt

25.72

4.53

21.19

467.77

Spain

24.80

24.90

-0.10

-0.40

Bangladesh

24.06

11.35

12.71

111.98

Italy

22.89

26.57

-3.68

-13.85

Singapore

19.54

30.86

-11.32

-36.68

Kuwait

18.44

14.00

4.44

31.71

Belgium

17.92

15.12

2.80

18.52

China

17.01

21.94

-4.93

-22.47

MAJOR MARKETS FOR MMF YARN

                                                                                                            Value in USD Mn

Markets

Apr-Nov  2014-15

Apr-Nov 2013-14

Net Change

% Change

Turkey

171.97

147.20

24.77

16.83

USA

83.62

74.35

9.27

12.47

Brazil

68.10

105.88

-37.78

-35.68

Pakistan

40.25

49.87

-9.62

-19.29

Belgium

39.60

41.49

-1.89

-4.56

Costa Rica

28.52

45.56

-17.04

-37.40

Peru

28.36

22.56

5.80

25.71

Egypt

25.16

7.19

17.97

249.93

UAE

23.57

18.84

4.73

25.11

Korea, dem

21.74

18.22

3.52

19.32

Guadeloupe

21.22

21.38

-0.16

-0.75

Moldova,rep of

20.63

30.84

-10.21

-33.11

Netherlands

18.93

22.57

-3.64

-16.13

Korea,rep

18.53

3.14

15.39

490.13

Italy

13.19

18.17

-4.98

-27.41

Japan

12.62

5.88

6.74

114.63

Saudi Arabia

12.27

13.85

-1.58

-11.41

Sri Lanka

12.14

14.43

-2.29

-15.87

Djibouti

11.12

10.88

0.24

2.21

MAJOR MARKETS FOR MMF MADE-UPS

 Value in USD Mn

Markets

Apr-Nov  2014-15

Apr-Nov 2013-14

Net Change

% Change

USA

126.44

107.63

18.81

17.48

Saudi Arabia

104.82

91.74

13.08

14.26

Italy

53.34

42.66

10.68

25.04

Benin

52.16

37.35

14.81

39.65

UAE

46.95

33.24

13.71

41.25

Spain

35.57

31.79

3.78

11.89

Croatia

33.81

27.03

6.78

25.08

Netherlands

25.05

19.99

5.06

25.31

Belgium

23.40

14.63

8.77

59.95

France

19.04

17.31

1.73

9.99

Australia

15.64

9.64

6.00

62.24

Germany

13.11

11.57

1.54

13.31

Canada

12.70

8.91

3.79

42.54

U.K.

12.61

10.96

1.65

15.05

Hong Kong

8.18

11.86

-3.68

-31.03

Zambia

7.92

7.17

0.75

10.46

Bangladesh

7.05

5.32

1.73

32.52

New Zealand

6.56

4.33

2.23

51.50

Iraq

6.53

2.73

3.80

139.19

 

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