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Textile Value Chain is happy to celebrate 4th Anniversary together with its clients & industry. We bid a vote of thanks to all our supporters, well wishers and industry contributors to enhance core values of the industry. We anticipate the overwhelm-ing support in continuity..!!

Aesthetic sense in human makes Fashion & Beauty industry booming over the years. We all are part of Textile and Fashion ��"��-��"��"��the consumer. Our industry plays a major role in beautifying the world...!

Fashion inspired from macro & micro economic trends, nature, human behaviour, social trends, etc. Taking the inspira-tion, few global companies forecast the trends of colour, pattern, design etc putting a binocular for 2-3 years ahead with reference to season / environment which is adopted by top FMCG, Cosmetic & Apparel brands.

India, being multi cultural social trends, we do not follow international seasons like autumn – winter or spring – summer. Indian apparel market has seasons like: Festive season (July- November), Wedding season (November – February), Holiday Season/ Pre School purchase (March- June).

Indian apparel purchase is more of the Event purchase than the Environment / Climatic condition purchase..!!! #��"��"��$��%�'� ��

International forecasting agencies need to have more Glocal approach or Indian company should follow Indian Trend in fore-��$��"��"��"��colour, styling etc. Indian designers are more creative than international designer. Creative Indians need to trust themselves and follow the instinct to target the customer by positioning brands innovatively.

Today Indian consumer is well informed, well travelled & social media addicted. They want change in life every day. International brand ZARA adopted this psychology and they succeeded in India. Think & strategise the business to achieve industry targeted size of $650 billion by 2025.

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NEWS 11- Pre Budget Expectation & Thymus 12- Future Start up 2017 in Apparel Sector

��'+�!��-*!�+3!��4%��13- The 8 biggest challenges for new entrepreneur14- Value Addition through branding by Mr. Avinash Mayekar 15-Setting back in motion-Textile industry in India

by Mr. Ravvi Mansinghka16- Of Raees & Kaabil brands by Mr. Vishnu Govind ?QU�#��X��Y�X��[��'�\��X��]��

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19- GLOBAL FOCUSUS – Japanese Free trade agreement by Mr. Arvind Sinha

20- TECHNICAL ARTICLE Introduction to Raschel warp knitting machine and its technical products in Technical Textiles by WRA scientist

SHOW REPORT 22- INDIA ITME 201623- Planet Textiles 2017

MARKET REPORT 24- Wedding Muhrat 201725- Yarn Report 27- Cotton Report 31- Surat Report 32- Malegaon Report

33- SHOW CALENDAR

35- INTERVIEW with Mr. Amol Bhagwati, MD of Inspiron Engineering

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“Special package for textile industry should be considered in the budget.

Textile industry is one of the largest employers in India and contributes about ?��~[�and gives direct employment to around 45 million work force. The industry has gone �� -zation and needs special attention in the budget.

Introduction of GST, reduction of inter-est rates in parity with the international money market, tax rationalization meas-ures, and incentives for investments in in-novation and infrastructure are few of the many demands from the textile industry for the upcoming budget. It should also ad-dress concerns related to skilled workforce, labour law reforms, attracting investments in the textile sector and providing a future road map for the textiles and clothing indus-try. Incentives should also be considered for training workforce.

Corporate income tax needs to be low-ered to 28% in the upcoming budget and lowering it further to 25% in coming years as promised by FM.

The Rs 6,000 crore package announced in 2016 for textiles and apparel sector was a step in the right direction but the industry needs lot of reforms for the revival of the growth.

A major challenge for textile industry is that it is highly capital and labour inten-sive sector and payback period is quite long which is many a times a big constraint for new investment in the sector. Further the government has set a target to create an-other 30 million more jobs in the industry over the next three years which is possible only if special incentive schemes for new investment in textile sector are announced.

Thanks to TUFS, India has made strong strides in the fabric manufacturing sector but garmenting has still not been taken up, primarily due to labour laws and it needs special attention for the success of Make in India, an initiative launched by Government of India under leadership of the Honorable [��X��$�� %�� #� �� years or so to enable companies to avail ��%��

Exports are another challenge and in-dustry is well below its targets. We want �� which can boost our exports as India has the potential to become one of the biggest exporters in the world.

Cotton-based textile goods accounted for almost 90 percent of India’s total textile exports of about $40 billion in 2015-16 and if supported well can take the industry to new heights.

The neighboring countries are having duty advantage for exports to the US and EU market on selective basis. Insertion of ��[��[��[[��"��#��further increased the challenges for Indian textiles in the long term. Coupled with the recent announcement of the newly elected president of the US, there are fairly good chances for protection of select countries for exports to the US which happens to be the second largest importer of Indian tex-tiles. And therefore, the GoI should accel-erate arrangement with EU market econo-mies to provide concessional imports into these territories to maintain competitive-ness of the Indian exports. The political dis-advantage to India needs be compensated in terms of money through additional ben-��$��"��the largest employment generator for the national economy.

Industry also needs to upgrade its tech-nology to meet world standards. The indus-try, especially the micro, small and medium enterprise sector, does not have access to capital to upgrade technology on its own. A fund should be set up for Technology Up-gradation & Innovation and support may be extended to the companies at lower rate of interest. This will help industry in improving quality of output and become more com-petitive.”

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“Thymas already has a lot of experience in the market selling our type of products. We are delighted that they have agreed to work with us and I am sure that this is a great op-portunity for us both to develop the market ��=��Customers”.

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set the pace for over 40 years in testing ��\#��$#��]]��#�X��~$q�and JIS standards, with equipment export-ed from the UK to more than 100 countries. ��separate categories, for sample dyeing, ��pilot units and quality control.

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However, the founder soon real-�� "�� [#� �� many a lost soul home, there have been many a times that it guided many others straight into a pole. “When we started in 2011, the product was just an idea, a con-cept that we wanted to explore, but the more we explored, the more prototypes we built, the more we tested, the more we real-ized that the product could be and should be used by everyone and not just those who ��U��"��

The feedback was that even non-disa-bled people felt constrained by the tech-nology trying to map their feet to their destination with their eyes glued to the phones. Thereby, keeping them completely immersed in a technology which was built to aid and not control.

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mass-market product and options such as �� "� �� "��-ed to use it ourselves. So, the product has gradually evolved in to what it is today,” ��"��

“Wearable tech should feel like an ex-tension of your body. However, products in this category have been primarily about au-dio-or-video-based. We feel that your sense of touch is the most powerful and not much utilised.

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The footwear allows users to tag locations, set destinations and get real-time data �� =�� boasts unique voice commands and has an inherently social nature, enabling you to share your location with other users. The footwear is also ideal for groups of families and friends that want to keep track of eve-��"��

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Keeping with the genesis of the idea, Q¡�� ~�� Uabled people and has quickly grown to em-ploy 100 people. The company is also work-ing to open channels with organisations working with visually-impaired people to serve its initial target group. The immediate plan of the startup is to increase the produc-tion capabilities and distribution channels of ��the same time, expand the footwear line to ��U��"��market.

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It was a problem of plenty for Aditi �� ~�� "�� clothes, she is always out of options when getting dressed. “This is a problem most women would identify with,” she says. “Hence, it made sense to invest time and money into something that nearly half the population is likely to relate to,” she added.

This prompted Rohan to collaborate "��q��[��=��]��"��on a platform for used goods that goes be-yond electronics and automobiles to focus on fashion.

“We decided to create a community for women where they can buy things from each other’s closet,” says Narahari. “As In-dians, we stock up on items which we no longer have use for. The hand-me-down route for these items also stopped after disaggregated families started replacing joint set ups. Elanic was started to provide a platform to enable the transaction of these items,” he explains.

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mobile app platform for people - particu-larly women - to sell their clothes online. Ex-plaining how the app works, Narahari says users simply need to click a picture of the product and put a price on it to get it listed on the platform.

However, when it comes to pre-owned, lifestyle goods in India, startups like Elanic need to jump over two major hurdles - lack of trust and transactional hassles. Educat-ing people about new concepts like reusing clothes is also not easy.

“There could be lack of trust between buyers and sellers regarding an item since there is no measure of standard and quality when it comes to pre-owned goods,” says Narahari. “To counter this, we came to un-derstand that trust is built better between members of a community. So we opened up communication channels between buyers and sellers through private chat and public comments,” he adds.

��q��?¡��has branched out to 23 cities in India. “The main reason for the success of the app is the deals and the quality of the products avail-able,” says Narahari. “We thereby not only help de-clutter wardrobes, but in the pro-�� =� �� he concludes.

The team behind the startup also be-lieves that it has enough scope to grow in the existing markets and hence, will be cre-ating awareness in these places over the next 12 months. “We need to educate more and more people on the items that they can sell on Elanic,” says Narahari. “We currently have over two lakh listings on the platform with over 3,50,000 downloads,” he adds.

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Entrepreneurship comes with a host of challenges. Rewarding challenges, but harsh challenges nonetheless. Experienced entre-preneurs have to deal with this no matter how long they’ve been in business -- trying to establish a brand, adjust to match or exceed ��=��matter how many years you’ve been in business.

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funding a new business, but they do have a few advantages over newcomers. They might have a pool of capital from a business they previously sold or a steady stream of revenue they can use to fund ��"��¤�"�

��"��=��-vestment contacts and client connections necessary to give them a leg up in a new enterprise. As a new entrepreneur, you’ll be start-ing from scratch, which means you’ll need to start networking like crazy and thinking through all your possible funding options before landing on one.

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before, but even if you have management experience, picking the ��$��"�� UU��"��"�=��part of your overall team. Such considerations are exceptionally ��"��soon as possible.

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with the ideas. When a competitor emerges, it will be your respon-

sibility to come up with a response plan. When your team hits an impenetrable obstacle, your job will be to come up with an alterna-tive plan to move forward.

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ness be? Will customers like your product? Will you be able to give yourself a steady paycheck? None of these questions has a solid, reliable answer, even in startups based on great ideas with all the resources they’d theoretically need.

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If you can work your way past these major obstacles, you’ll be well on your way to establishing yourself as an entrepreneur. That isn’t to say they won’t continue to nag at you as the years go on, or that new and varied challenges won’t arise to take their place, but you’ll be prepared to handle yourself in those most volatile and �� "� �� UU� �� competition.

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Textiles are always struggling for getting value for their fabrics as well as garments. Value addition can be created only by doing marketing and thereafter going up to branding stage. Branding has many stages to follow for the existing brands as well as creating your own new brand or co-opting other brands. Textiles brands have done this successfully in global marketsbut, when it comes to India, it has yetnot taken right shape and speed.

The fabric which is beingprocessed by Indian entrepreneurs is always of good quality only because they get export quality raw material.If we want to market our fabric,the fabric quality needs to be consistently of good quality produced by using good technology which will not have any deviations in any aspects.

When we think of good marketing avenues, we need to have very good supply chain management along with logistic network ��"��-ished products at much lower operating costs.

For better marketing initiative we should have a very good after sale support to service the fabric in case there are any defects in the fabric. We need to have the inspection done at each and every stage of production facility as well as at the customers placeso that we can get a good feedback and the customer would always stay happy. So that we can improve our systems and existing produc-tion parameters in order to meet customer demands. We need to pay visits to the customer facilities to understand whether the fab-ric which is been supplied by us is of good quality, whether it is per-forming as per the requirements, whether the sewing operations is happening properly, whether there is any problem during cutting operations or not, etc. such things needs to be studied so that we can establish our fabric brand.

One thing is to be kept in mind when we are thinking of doing very good marketing or establishing ourselves in the business for a brand we need to be cost competitive as well as system oriented along with complete professional approach in production, main-tenance, quality, after sales service as well as complete marketing process.

��=��%��"�� of the country in terms of textiles make the Indian textiles sector unique in comparison to the industries of other countries. The In-dian textile industry has the capacity to produce a wide variety of ��=��"��$��and across the world.

Though Indian textile industry has strong position in world’s map with export earnings worth US$ 41.4 billion in 2014-15, a growth of 5.4 per cent, when it comes to branded goods, India has very limited presence. Apart from few Indian successful brands like §��¢��#��[�� \��U�X�� X�� #��=�� $�]�� [�=� ��-�� the lack of branding and marketing skills of Indian organization. In-dia has large size Integrated facilities which are supplying premium

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with herald mentality are not willing to spend much on branding.Though, they are established player from textile industry manu-facturing premium apparel, they fail to understand that without advertising you will not reach to the customer’s top of the mind. [��"��X��-cessful international brands took more than 50 years to create their brand identity, so brand building is a long term investment.

"�� – Indian brands must understand fashion trends ��[��]��"��to see something new each time they visit the stores. Indian brands needs to respond to these changing fashion cycles.

_� ��`��–Indian brands lack in branding strat-egy. They need to exercise clear segmentation, target audience & positioning to create brand image in the mind of the customer.

)�(�� $�� Indian brands have negligible ��=��=�� %-plore global markets. To explore global markets, we should study ��%��magazines to create brand awareness & participate in global fash-ion events.

�((��*Rising disposable income- India’s growing population has rising

income levels today. They have high spending capacity. Their stand-ard of living has improved. They have become brand conscious and prefer to wear branded apparel. This is surely good opportunity for Indian players to come up with their own brands.

Growing working woman population-With the changing time, number of working women has increased & this has given them more freedom to spend. They live luxurious life than never before. They prefer to wear branded clothes.

�� $��(�� India’s more than 65% population is young with average age of 25 years- the most vibrant population for any market. The young population is more exposed to westerni-zation & adopting the fashion trends faster.

Increasing Retail- Most of Tier-1 cities accustomed to “Mall Cul-ture” & now it is c atching up Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities as well. Retail cul-ture has major share in growth of the branded products industry. Indian apparel industry has good opportunity.

E-Commerce – E-commerce is another booming segment in In-dia. Apparel is the major category shopped online by the consum-ers. The apparel E-Commerce market is 30% of total online market. It’s a great opportunity for those who want to launch their apparel brand as total investment drastically comes down. E-Commerce

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�� q�� °�� ?±�� [�� X�� q�� X�� -�� ¡��?��[��were running around to convert their old notes and buy in newer Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes. This impacted various sectors of the economy including the textile industry. In India, textile industry comprises of second largest employment of 40 million workers directly and 60 million workers indirectly and has contributed to 11.04% of total exports of India during year 2010.

Starting from top down on the value chain, purchase of appar-��"��"��¤�"��%��\�\��%��X��"��sales of winter wear in India highly dropped due to lack of liquid ��"��"��"��¤�"��%��-ing, which resulted in the complete slow down of the value chain. Cotton harvest season is around October – November, however due to demonetization, farmers were unable to sell their cotton re-sulting in increased inventories, and bottoming of prices.

~�� \��"�� X��it has been turned into a ghost town due to the scarce and inac-cessibility of cash as compared to its general hustle and bustle in-��~��"�=��"�blue-collar employees were not provided their weekly salaries on time, resulting in most of them going back to their hometowns in X��[��[��\��labor has led to shutting down of many power looms and related industries at Bhiwandi.

With the ban on Rs.1000 and Rs.500 notes, ecommerce play-��"��]��~��]�~��their websites. Certain big entities like Flipkart imposed a less than ��?��"�� ]��~��option on Wednesday 9th November itself. Most of these business-es started emphasizing on online methods of payment with the ��#��

[��=��by the Forrester Research, “The cash on delivery share will come down and it will force customers to make payments online. Initially, in the next 1-2 months it may hurt ecommerce companies.”

��=��necessities; eventually it would fall back into its place once the country is comfortable with the routine of newer notes. We will always need clothes and eventually would start purchasing appar-��"��"��¤�"��"��-ers and mills. We need to understand this process as a temporary slow down in the textile industry, which would rise back up in a cou-ple of months eventually leading to normalcy. A temporary phase ��"��"��"�� %��industry would be back into routine as before.

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made it possible to virtually present apparels in the customer’s mind. Many of the start-ups are exploring this opportunity.

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brands, we should focus more on manufacturing branded appar-els rather than just private labeling for other international brands. Some of Indian manufacturers are manufacturing premium fabrics since long & supplying to global brands. They have all capabilities to launch their own premium brand by adoptingfocused strategy. Since they already have manufacturing expertise, they should now focus on branding. Exhaustive promotion and advertising will ��"��\��as well as apparels can be built with the help of right marketing platforms like fashion shows, newspapers, fashion magazines, TV commercials and digital media.They should understand that brand ��=��"��"��$��

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elements of product design, sizing, market development and all such activities leading to the total output. Having been in the indus-try for a few years, I can say with conviction that a fashion brand is not just about the size of business i.e.the bigger brand need not be the better one. However, brands that have truly arrived on the stage tend to be bigger; they would have built unique identities for themselves and alsoget associated with certain lifestyles and ��"��=��-sers, jackets and even accessories like footwear and ties. They, in ��"��¤��managed by the brand owners themselves and many of them be-come marquee labels and household names. The Raees brands will ��=�%�� \��U��X\��#��$��business houses in the fashion space in India have their own online selling platforms too.

Many of these well-known brands enjoy huge amounts of con-��-ucts from the consumer. This is an advantage the lesser-known brands may not enjoy as much. For a garment with a similar fabric base and styling detail, a Kaabil brand may not be able to charge the same as a Raees brand could. These lesser known brands most-

ly sell in MBOs and need to stand out in a clutter of brands. In many cases the consumer will not recollect the brand label as much as the name of the store it is bought from. I have noticed that many of them are single category brands and they owe their origin to ex-pertise and passion behind one type of product like shirts, t-shirts, jeans etc. Once they get established in that category some of them ��%��categories too. So behaviorally, these two types of brands could ��%��scale of business. However, I would like to look beyond these as-��"��-ers know them by their name and how well they are known for what they are really good at.

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consumer pull is often generated by the store and not the product and therefore the name that is well-entrenched in the consumer’s mind is that of the retailer. In the current retailing environment, there is a lot of power and consumer-connect that the MBOs enjoy ��-nent multi-branded outlets too. In fact, I have seen the strength ��X\��more shelf space. Having said that, one acid test for a brand to attract customers is in its ability to successfully run a network of \��%��"��as strong ambassadors for the brand and provide credibility and strength to the story it tells of itself. As a consumer, one gets to see the entire glory of the brand in its EBOs and that is where a loyalist of the brand is expected to shop.

\��-��U��=��inventory data is available till that point. It is also possible in this channel to track customer purchases over time and understand them better; this helps the brand in designing reward programs around these data. This channel, however, is expensive to main-tain as the operational and capital expenses are incurred by either the brand or franchisee partner. As a result it is important that the EBOs attract customers and achieve the sales goals while restrict-ing the expenses to desired levels; in fact, many brands look for their own desiredmix of EBO and MBO contribution to sales to get ��=�

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Showrooming is what happens when a customer visits a store to experience a product and then makes an online purchase later. �� "�� need to be experienced for the customer to know how it feels, and then he looks for a better deal online for the same product. Web-rooming is the reverse of this, where a customer searches online to decide on the product to buy and then makes a purchase in a brick and mortar store. This works typically when the search is to be nar-rowed done from a wide range of options, which can be achieved by the convenience of online reach. In fashion purchase, unless you are very familiar with the collection and the brand, it is important to

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proving internet infrastructure, we can be rest assured that the consumer is going to use the internet more, in fashion as in the case of other categories too; either to reach a shopping destination or to do a pre-purchase research. Therefore, connecting with the net-savvy customer is important for any brand in India, considering the low median age in our country compared to other large mar-kets of the world. Technology can bring all brands on to a common ��U��Kaabil brand to come up, and become Raees in future even if it not one now!

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Solutions to modify the way we produce goods are already be-ing put to test around the world. Tomorrow, we may be able to build factories, in the developing world as much as in the devel-oped world, which can adapt to local characteristics of the prod-ucts for local requirement, which will belong in a sustainable supply chain and have less of an impact on the environment. Using which solutions? Are these sustainable? And can the experiments being carried out today give us an insight into the factories of the future? Here are some “sutra” which will enable the above ultimate goal.

Produce greenIt is very important to understand the life cycle analysis of any

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distribution and use, to disposal or recycling. For example, life cycle analysis of a shirt right from cotton pro-

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the amount of resources consumed not only while manufacturing a product, but also throughout the life of product and disposal of product too.

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chinery and equipment, with local labour, for local use, will always �� technology. This thought is taken seriously worldwide by adopt-ing “think global and act local”. Most of the times, transportation, ��the basic manufacturing cost. If the product is perishable, there will be always some deterioration on the quality parameters too. On the contrary, locally produced material will have a positive impact on the local community through employment generation, greater service availability and more adapted functionality. Also, this lim-�� ¤�"� �� "�� requirements but, also creates an ecosystem that provides jobs, training and education to the people in the ecosystem which will ultimately lead to a better quality of life.

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so primarily because of the attractive production costs. Now, however, cost advantages are harder to come by. Companies have reached a point at which there is little cost remaining to be squeezed out of the on-ocean shipping process. Hence, sooner or later, it is important to invent and invest to invent on sustainable technologies which will help the production costs in long run.


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tainable products, it is absolutely necessary that sustainable prod-ucts must be supported by sustainable production. Sustainable production is absolutely dependent on sustainable resources for production.

The whole idea is to “produce our own energy and stop pollut-ing and wasting”, a strategy that could quite easily be replicated on other production sites, including large and traditional facto-��<��=��impact of this production on our planet as much as possible, we will have to come up with new energy models. This will create a production chain that works as an ecosystem, with little waste and little pollution, which makes the most of available, natural and re-newable resources.

In order to achieve this, some of the basic resources are water and energy. When a production eco-system’s dependency on out-side resources is zero or very less, the eco-system become more �� %�� =� �� $��"��almost everywhere in the country. Hence, the problem is no longer ��"��"�� right approach to handle the same. The implementation of sustain-ability philosophy includes study of existing available resources, availability of them throughout the year, average cost of water or energy per unit, topography and many more. It is important to set out manufacturing sustainability strategy and activities. With the implementation of new tools, techniques and technologies; the en-��

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continued their uptrend in ~�� "�� -��"��north and south east mar-kets.In US, spot ethylene �� ~�"�� "� �� ethylene markets were ��[��

averaged US$981.50-983.50 a ton CFR SE Asia, up 5.4% from No-vember and dipped 5.7% YoY while European spot inched up0.4%to �� °�?�Q¡U°�±��¡��~�q ��°�Q��¦�¦��compared to 2015. US spot prices rose 7.4% on the month to US �� ¡�?�U�¡�±�� ~� �#�� "�� °�¡�� ¦�¦�[��%-ylene prices in Asia hit a 2016 peak due to bullish energy values and �� "�� [�� =�� paraxylene prices edged up as Brent crude climbed on the month.In US, paraxylene spot rose tracking Asian values while feedstock mixed xylene’s upward trend continued.Asian marker, the CFR Chi-na averaged US$851.38-852.38 a ton, up 6.1% from last month and

down 5.8% YoY as compared to previous year’s average while Euro-pean paraxylene were up 6.4% to US$756.13 a ton FOB Rotterdam but it declined 9% YoY in 2016. In US, spot paraxylene was at US$770 a ton FOB USG, up 4.8% on the month.

X��~��=��U��¤��prices in other regions. In US, MEG spot climbed to one-year high-�� ~�� "�� X �� rose spurred by a rise in Asian prices and limited domestic supply.MEG prices averaged US$867.00-872.00 a ton FOB SE Asia, up 18.6% ��~��"��?��¡��¦�¦��?¡�"�� -pean spot was at Euro660 a ton NWE FCA, up 1.5% from November. US spot was at UScents 31.50-32.50per pound FOB USG, up 3.3% on ��[��=��on bullish futures and rising feedstock paraxylene cost. In Europe, ~�� [�� "�� ¤��%��~�� ][�[��-aged US$626.50-628 a ton CFR China, up 3.5% from November and ��±��¦�¦�"�� "�� ±��~�q� ��?�±��[��=�� "�� semi dull chips rose 14% to US$1,096-1,116a ton and super bright chip edged up 11.6% to US$1,083-1,116 a ton.

[��=��]��=��~��-ber, seeing buyers maintain healthy demand when prices were ris-��$��$��[�¦��-ing atmosphere was lusterless, as downstream buying enthusiasm "�� $�� [�=�� [�¦� �� =��$��]��[�¦�Q¡�Q��were up US cents 13 at US$1.31-1.33 a kgin Shengze while Indian [�¦�?��"��#��#¼?��Q��=��$��[�=��»±�~�¦��"��#¼��±?U��Q?��#��?�� [�� %�� ]��X ��$��[�=��[#�� "�� $�� $�� [#�� "�� $��]�� ?��~�[#��"��#¼?�?»U?��=��#��?��~��$��$��?��~�[#�� "� �� #¼?��¡� �� =�� #� �� ±� �� $��[�=�� "��#¼?�?¡U?�?Q��=��US cents 4 on the month.

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moderation later amid weaker demand in China.In US, spot ben-zene moved up to 16-month highs due to rising Asian numbers, a ��=��"�� %��US.In Europe, benzene spot moved up during the month.Asian ��=��\��?°��~��#¼°��?�U843.13 a ton and declined 5.9% YoY. US spot prices rose16.7% to

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US cents 270.95-271.05 per gallon FOB USGwhile it fell 7.3% YoY as compared to previous year’s average. Eu-ropean spot was up22.6% to average US$816.25-817.25 a ton CIF ARA and FOB Rot-terdam while it fell 3.5% YoY.Caprolactum prices continued to surge on the back of moderate demand

and range-bound benzene. Spot prices hit a 2-year high during the month on a CFR China and CFR Taiwan basis because of limited supply, feedstock benzene prices, higher domestic Chinese prices.Asian caprolactam spot prices averaged US$1,812.50-1,875.00 a ton ��~��Q�¡��"��?��¦�¦��#�� =�� ~�� #¼�� "��~��#¼��±��

q�� ~�� =��=�� "�� [��operated cautiously, leading to tight supply and low inventory. Converters trimmed operation and made rigid procurement. Cou-��"��-��=��"��"��U��averaged US$2,125-2,175 a ton, up 26.5% from last month.In China, bright conventional spinning nylon-6 chips were priced at US$2,538-��°�?��q��"��U��"��#¼��¡±�U��±¡Q��?��q��~��"��"��turn eroded margins. Thus, suppliers trimmed run rates to below Q�� "�� ~�� "��U=�� "��and AJ covering sectors witnessed smooth sales while circular-knitting mills and lacing mills ran at lower rate. In China, semi-dull �~¦Q�~��"��#¼��?U��?¡��=��#��¡»�� "�� ~¦��~� "� �� #¼��QU��»� �� =�� #�cents 64 on the month.

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FOB Korea averaged US$841.75-843.75 a ton, up8.9% from Novem-ber while it declined 8.4% YoY, and CFR China was at US$900.50-902.50 a ton, rose9.7% from previous month while it fell 8.5% YoY. In Europe, CG propylene jumped 6.2% to Euro 656.50-661.50 a ton �~� "�� "�� "�� °�� ¦�¦�#�� U�� #�"��#¼��¡�U�?��~��"��Q��Acrylonitrile prices fell in Asia despiterise in feedstock propylene and crude oil values.In US, acrylonitrile spot was down with pro-pylene, global prices.European acrylonitrile prices fell amid global weakening as Asian prices declined sharply. European prices plunged 11.8% to US$1,096-1,104 a ton CIF Med and declined 12.7% YoY while US export assessments averaged at US$1,075-1,085 a ton

USG, down16.9% on the month and 6% YoY. Asian marker, the CFR Far East Asia fell 6% to average US$1,236.50-1,238.50 a ton while it was down 12.1% YoY.

�� ]�� ~��-��#¼��[�-ticipants were generally bullish about market future, so producers =�� q"�¦�� ]��possible to raise their indications after the Spring Festival. Al-though downstream demand was weak with the market cooling down, it remained steady overall. However, ASF producers were �� $�� $�� [�=�� #��prices generally rolled over as downstream demand was still fair ��"��$��]��U��"�unchanged at US$1.79-1.88 a kg and medium-length staple at �#¼?�Q»U?�°»��=��#��~��"��U�� ?�¡~� �� #¼?�°�U?�°±� �� =�� #�� [��-��#¼?�°?��=��[��#¼?�Q±��=��[��#��"��~��#��"�were stable at US$1.75-1.78 a kg, while regular specs at US$1.50-1.55 ��=��$��[�=��?��~��#��"��#¼?�°°��=��-don the month. Indian ASF prices were at US$1.93 a kg, down US cents 7from November.

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��=�� ~�� "�supply tightened with more maintenance seen in China, especially in northern re-��$��]��§#��averaged US$2.27 a kg, up US cents 2 on the month.In [�=�� §#�� -port pricing, however prices

were down in US terms.In India, VSF prices rolled over supported by ��=��$��[�=��?�¡~�§#��#�cents 6at US$2.21 a kg. In India, producers’ prices were at US$2.12 ��=��"��#��?��§��were largely stable and most producers were trying to materialize deals. In India, VFY producers mostly intended to raise their indica-��"��"��=��"��$��]��?��~��§�¦��#¼¡�°��=��"��#��"��"�� #¼¡�°Q� �� =�� "�� #� �� $�� $�� ?��~� �� §�¦� "�� #¼¡�°?�� =�� "�� #� �� ~�� market stalemate was broken through with booming transactions ��"��"��#¼»?�U»��ton while softwood pulp was at US$1,000a ton.

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in China were largely stable and were not able to raise their prices in line with the rise in material costs, im-plying margins shrinking.Spot trades remained thin, so cotton yarn prices were expected to hold stable or move up slightly in the short term. In India, cotton

��¤��~��by the demonetization process with a lack of cash limiting sales by ��$��[�=��"��"��"��in their material costs on to their customers. Export markets too were and prices remained unchanged across the board.In China, 32s cotton yarn in Shengze market was down US cents2 at US$3.24-3.28 a kg while 21s were at US$3.11-3.17 a kg, down US cents 3 from November. In India, 30s combed for knitting were at US$2.82 a kg, up US cents 2 on the month while carded were at US$2.58 a kg, un-��$��[�=��?��"��#¼?�»±�

a kg, up US cents 2 on the month.#��$��]��~��

�� "�� [#�� $�� [�=��[#�� "�� "�� $�� $�� [#�� ~��$��#�� "��US$1.86-1.87 a kg, up US cents 13 from November.In India, 30 poly-�� =�� "� �� #¼?�»�� =�� #� �� =��$��[�=��"��#¼��=��#�cents 2 a kg. Spun viscose yarn markets were generally steady in China. In India, viscose yarn markets were strongly supported by %��$��[�=��export markets were relatively slow during the month.In Xiaoshan, 30s spun viscose were at US$2.83 a kg, unchanged on the month. In India, 30s viscose prices were at US$2.63 a kg, up US cents 5 in In-��=��$��[�=��¡��"��#¼��»��a kg in Karachi.

\��=��"��%��~��spec prices inched up while others rolled over in China, India and [�=��$��]��"�� prices in line with the higher material costs, implying decline in their ��[#��"��§#��-trast, prices are now returning to lower levels after a short-lived at-��$��[�=��[]��although market activities remained weak by a lower level of fabric ��[��%-��=��"�=��$��$��[§��[#��"��[]��-��=��$��$��[]��¡��°��"��#¼��°��=��-��=��"��[§��±¡��¡��"��#¼��?Q��=��#��¡��$��[�=��[]�30s were up US cents 2 at US$2.53 a kg on the Faisalabad market. $�� =�� U�� ±¡��¡�� "� �� #¼��°��=��#��"��¡��±¡��¡��"��#¼��a kg, unchanged on the month.

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with 15% higher rates compared to last season and one of the low-est opening stocks. After falling over 15% in Oct 2016, Indian cotton prices were expected to further decrease as pressure of arrivals "�� q��U~�� $�� covered limited cotton whereas exporters committed huge quanti-��q��U~��

[��U~�� <�#�� "�� "�� "��farmers not accepting the new system of payment for a long time. Mills and exporters started scampering to cover cotton as supply �� $�� -��%��$��exporters. Importing countries were compelled to look for other options like US as a result of which International markets went up ��$��=��

Consistently slow arrivals in the beginning of the season have created an element of doubt in the minds of Indian traders about the Indian cotton crop. The market has to adjust to the new pay-ment system and the pace of arrivals may not increase in the near future, maybe throughout this season. Under this scenario, con-sumption of mills will decrease, exports will fall and import of cot-ton will go up.

The second half of the season may see some pressure on cot-ton prices if • consumption does not pick upÁ� $��• international prices fall as a result of increase in global cotton

sowing• China reserve stock auction does not generate a favourable re-

sponse.Cotton prices will continue to rise if the above does not hap-

pen. Currently there is disparity for ginners and spinners, but it is a very good year for the farmers as they are getting higher rates for their produce in the beginning of the season. High cotton seed prices are a major support for ginners. There is a very strong sup-��=��>�$q��¡¡��"��]]$��buying seed cotton and bales at commercial market rates.

In the last quarter, the monthly mill cotton consumption has �� "� �� q��?�� ~�� 3.5 million spindles and 0.1 million rotors. This clearly shows the precarious situation of the spinning mills sector which is squeezed ��"��=��X�� #��$��[��"��"��"��both demand and payments have dried up.

��(��`^��^�*According to the CCI, total cotton consumption in India is likely

to increase to 31.3 million bales in the current crop season as com-pared to 31.2 million bales during the previous year, CCI has resort-ed to commercial purchase of cotton at market rates from various parts of the country and expects to purchase around 1.5 million bales for the season of 2016-17.Besides protecting the interests of cotton farmers, CCI caters to the needs of National Textiles Corpo-ration and co-operative mills as well as MSMEs and private sector mills, mainly during the second part of the season.

X��X��]��=��]X~��U��-view with COTTONGURUTM Media that this year CCI has revised its terms and conditions to facilitate even small mills to procure cot-ton.

Almost the entire cotton-based textile industry has welcomed Union Textile Minister Mrs. Smriti Irani’s initiative for announcing unique terms and conditions for procuring cotton from CCI for the ��X#X ��%��

International Market Summary: US, the world’s biggest exporter has already committed near 9

million bales and so far shipped more than 4 million bales. The rally in futures will encourage farmers across the world, to plant cotton in the new season. As a result, current year sale and new season ��%��"��º��~��?Q�futures. Cotton requirement for August onwards will depend on ~��?Q�$] ��-chants from holding cotton post Jun 2017.

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largest importer of Indian cotton and cotton products such as yarn ��$��%��of cotton to China dropped to a total of just $416.14 million in the �� "�� \�� $613.16 million in the same period. Cotton consumption remains strong but forward bookings are limited.

Bangladesh’s RMG exports to the global market rose by over 9 ��¼�±��º��Uq��?±��"��-cient to attain the $50 billion export target set for 2021. The Govt. is expected to double cash incentives for export. Experts attributed remediation process, which helped improve safety standards-to the increased production capacity.

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4.606 mil tons, down 213000 tons from a year ago and down 1.478 mil tons from 4-yr average. Crop is expected to be about 4.877 mil-lion tons.

��=��X��"��above11000 yuan per ton .This year quantity and time is also more. The auction will start in March 2017at price level of about 15000 ¦��"��-tor in determining the cotton price trend.

US:The U.S. 2016-17 cotton scenario shows larger production, ex-

ports, and ending stocks relative to last month. Cotton output is �� ?Q�� ¿��¡�� -��%��~��%��raised to 12.5 million bales and ending stocks to 5 million.

~��?±U?Q��#��%��%��¡��while world export forecast is almost similar to the last year. Also, US will retain its position as the world’s biggest cotton exporter, as %��±��compared to last season. The higher cotton export growth was pri-marily driven by more exports to China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other smaller countries.

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750,000 tons of raw cotton in the 2016-17 season. Burkina growers had reverted 100 % to non-GM cotton during the current season and talks are underway with U.S. seed maker Monsanto over compen-sation for crop quality problems blamed on GM cotton.

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sively increase in the latter half of the season which in turn will cre-ate pressure on global cotton prices.

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cast crop.• Bangladeshis increased150,000 bales to 6.45 million on strong

nearby demand.• Mexico is lowered 125,000 bales to 1.15 million on slower sales to

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Noted in last update “All dips for short to medium would be op-portunity to go long. Cotton likely to make higher highs in months to come”

Cotton is back into short term uptrend as anticipated and con-��±¡� ��#��-gets remain around 79-80 where ICE Cotton can face some hurdles. Above 80 there could be sharp rally to 93 areas in medium term. Traders should remain biased to buy dips for short to medium term.

Key Supports 71.57 - 69.32 - 67.70 - 66.47 - 65.22, Key Resistanc-es 75.37 - 77.80 - 80.27 - 83.86- 88.58

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Noted in last update “Traders are advised to remain on side-lines and trade long only above 19600”

MCX Cotton has rallied smartly above 19600. MCX Cotton is back in momentum and has broken past supply zones. Traders should accumulate in declines for short to medium term. Strong supports now expected in 19800-19300 zones. 21100 remains short term targets, above which MCX Cotton can target 22800 areas in medium term.

Key Supports 19800-19460-19300-19140, Key Resistances 20740-21100-21400-21900.

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once again. The retailers from all over the country, are demanding heavy as well medium range synthetic sarees and dress materials. As the printed and value added fabrics demand is increasing, the prices of various polyester and nylon raw grey fabrics has gone up. 60 grame polyester, syfone, renial, dani, nylon nazneen, tafeta and ��=��$��-ple of weeks, the prices of various raw grey fabrics have increased ��¡��

The trading activities in surat wholesale textile market is reg-ulerised. Textile units and trading houses in industrial areas, are ��"��\��-monitization was announced, thousands of migrant textile work-ers have moved out of the city. The production in weaving, embroi-dery, processing units are declined because of labour shortage.

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pecting excise duty relief in union budget 2017-18. The MMF sector ��XX��attracts 12.5% duty, while there is zero duty on cotton fabric. The ��U��"��cotton since long and some relief in excise duty is expected from Budget 2017-18.

��[��%��`��Z\X]}X~{��(��X�Surat is the country’s biggest manufacturer of man-made fabric

with annual production pegged at 1,000 million metre. The power-loom sector has an installed capacity of around 7 lakh machines, employing over 5 lakh workers. The industry has sought a reduction in central excise duty from 12.5 to 6 per cent.

�� $��U��cent more expensive globally. India stands at no. 2 in MMF produc-tion globally, but india’s share is only 4% in value added MMF tex-

tile exports. The government should consider a long term plan to boost exports from India. The government should reduce excise ��U��"��"��-mies like China, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Thailand.

With regard to exports of man-made textiles, even though Indian man-made textiles products are preferred in international markets, these remain non-competitive in the world markets, ow-ing to high burden of excise duty which has restricted the product �� "�� %�� ?��¡�� ±� �� would certainly reduce the tax burden on MMF reducing its cost to the weaver.

Besides excise duty relief in MMF, industries is expecting duty rationalisation on textile machinery & it’s spareparts, free trade agrement with foreign countries, reduction in anti-dumping duty ��%��

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SGCCI president B S Agarwal said that the mega textile park will ��Q��=��[��The park will accommodate around 100 textile processing units, 40 water jet weaving units, around 225 garmenting units and other textile ancilliary units, attracting a total investment of Rs 10,000 crore.

As per the proposed plan, the mega textile park will house giant textile processing units, each having average capacity of manufac-turing over 3 lakh metres of fabric per day. Around 50 per cent of the fabric manufactured in the processing units will be converted into home textiles and garments.

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Under pressure since last two years, Indian textile sector is shaken by demonetization

X��<�X��"��~�"��"��-sive poor monsoons, more than the normal downpour last rainy season had infused fresh blood in the textile sector which was reel-��º��?��

November 08, 2016 however changed everything. Shock, disbe-��"�"��~��weavers who had expected to regain the lost ground were shat-tered. Markets abuzz with hectic activities till now wore a deserted look. Over 1.5 million looms came to a standstill, and hundreds of ��"��"��"��[��X��-ister Modi took the sudden decision to demonetize rupees 500 and 1000 old currency notes.

“The immediate impact of the demonetization was shock and disbelief. We were unable to comprehend from where we will get the cash the industry needed to run the routine business”, Nehal Ansari of Taj Textiles, Malegaon said.

Same was the case in Bhiwandi.“The textile industry basically runs on cash. As it needs a huge

transaction every day, mostly in cash, it is next to impossible to run ��"��"��º��\��"��[�"��Federation said.

Unlike Ichalkiranji where monthly salary is a norm, labourers in Bhiwandi and Malegaon are respectively paid fortnightly and week-ly wages. It means the two largest textile clusters which host more that 50% of India’s power looms would need a huge amount of cash every week and fortnight.

“It was suicidal to run power looms under such a situation. It means hiring labourers without assuring them the wages. You can do such thing for some time. But, not for weeks and months”, An-sari added.

The result was that the power loom units known for their 24x7 work cultures started shutting down one by one. It led to the exo-�� \�� [�� West Bengal.

“We have come here for work leaving behind our families in our home towns. We live in shared rooms and take food from local bissi centers. Every fortnight when we are paid wages, we pay part as room rent and food charges and the remaining to our kin back home.

“This is the cycle in our routine life. If this cycle is disturbed, we will be left without shelter and food”, Shahensha Khan, a labourer

who came from Bihar, said.Market insiders said the weavers incurred losses amounting to

millions of rupees in the last two months post demonetization, and it will take years for the situation to become normal and back on track.

“The industry has been thrown behind by many years due to demonetization”, Nehal Ansari said.

Interestingly, this is the season which normally sees a huge demand of cotton fabrics in the market. But, even as the industry struggled to come out of the shock of demonetization, shortage of cotton yarn forced the industry in reverse gear once again.

“This is the period when fresh cotton comes in the market and prices are normally between 32,000 to 35,000 per candy of 355 kgs. But, today the cotton despite good output is selling at 43,000 to 45,000 per candy. As a result, cotton yarn prices are skyrocketing and weavers are unable to match the price of their fabrics with the one in the market”, Sharique Zubairi of Suhana Textiles, Malegaon said.

��º��%��U��is a huge demand of cotton fabrics mainly because of two reasons. One the upcoming marriage season and second is the summer when people prefer cotton fabrics.

“Had there been adequate supply of cotton yarn these days, ��"��"��due to demonetization”, Zubairi said.

Meanwhile, polyester continues to be under pressure due to �� U�� There was hope and anticipation when Textile Minister Smriti Irani promised in August 2016 during a meeting with stakeholders that she will take up the issue with the Commerce Ministry and will try ��

Irani repeated her assurance after she visited Bhiwandi a cou-ple of months ago.

“Five months have passed and we are yet to hear from the Min-istry of Textiles if it has taken any decision over Irani’s assurances”, ��X�� X��"��"��"��present in the meeting, said.

Failing to get any positive response from the Textile Ministry, the weavers are now anticipating that the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will surely announce some measures to bring the strug-gling textile sector – second largest after agriculture, back on the right tracks.

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