Covid cuts Tirupur garment hub biz, 10% orders go to other nations

According to Tirupur Exporters' Association, the industrial belt has seen a production loss of about Rs 10,000 crore during the last two months due to stoppage of manufacturing

India’s largest garment hub Tirupur continues to reel from the effects of the pandemic, with almost 10 per cent of its orders for the upcoming season getting diverted to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and China.

The sector had seen a drop of about 9 per cent in exports during the first wave, but the impact is likely to be more this time, according to industry experts. Being one of the epicentres of Covid cases in the state, a majority of manufacturing units in the textile belt were closed for almost six weeks during the second wave. 

According to Tirupur Exporters’ Association,