India can give a tough fight to China in textile trade, especially in value-added cotton textiles, for its expertise in heritage embroidery and handloom after the lifting of quota restrictions from this year, according to Munish Tyagi, a cotton and textile expert. | |
| Commenting on the pitfalls of the Indo-Nepal treaty, he said the treaty had hurt the acrylic fibre industry of Ludhiana because of the routing of Indonesian and Thailand products via Nepal. |
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| Speaking about the crafts that were on the brink of disaster due to excessive commercialisation, he said middlemen were exploiting artisans. |
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| "There is a need to bring artisans into direct contact with the customers by eradicating intermediaries," he said. |
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| Tyagi, who is associated with various UNDP projects on the textile industry, said there was no need to be afraid of China, which had set up a huge infrastructure in the textile sector over the past decade. |
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| "In fact, India has an edge in value-added cotton textiles because of its good artisans and its proficiency in heritage embroidery, which is in great demand overseas," he added. |
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| China, according to a recent study, was set to become the leader by capturing about a 50 per cent share of $600 billion textile trade worldwide, followed by India, which would raise its share to 8-10 per cent from its present 3 per cent in the next couple of years, he claimed. |
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