NEWS BRIEFS
Indian Exporters @
Texworld and Apparel
Sourcing Fair, 10-13
February, 2020 in Paris
The Texworld and Apparel Sourcing
Show was held at Le Bourget Exhibi-
tion Halls 2 and 4 from 10-13 Febru-
ary, 2020 in Paris. The Fair saw the
convergence of several importers at
the Show to source their requirement
of all types of fabrics. There were 92
exhibitors from India (53 in Texworld
and 39 in Apparel Sourcing). The
participants were member exporters
from TEXPROCIL, HEPC, ISEPC and
ICC showcasing products made from
cotton, silk, wool, embroidery
amongst other categories.
The impact of trade disruption due to
coronavirus was also felt during the
Texworld and Apparel Sourcing Show
held at Le Bourget Exhibition Halls 2
and 4 from 10-13 February 2020 in
Paris. Despite having a sizeable con-
vergence of global importers at the
fair, it was seen that with the Co-
rona Virus situation this year more
than 40% of the Chinese booths were
not occupied and several major im-
porters also skipped the event.Mr Premanand Jothy First Secretary (ITOU/E&C)& Head of Economic
and Commercial Wing, Embassy of India in Paris, inaugurating the India
pavilion at Texworld and Apparel Sourcing Fair being held in Paris from
10 to 13 February 2020. (List Of Indian Exhibitors is given on page 84)
As a part of its annual export market-
ing plan, The Cotton Textiles Export
Promotion Council (Texprocil) set up
an information booth of 18 sqm at
the Texworld Show. An “Interactive
Meeting on Incredible Textiles of In-
dia” was organized in the Seminar Hall
at the venue itself where Indian ex-
hibitors and the Embassy of India
spoke on different issues that ham-
per exports.
European Union (EU 28) as a com-
bined market is India’s largest im-
porter of Textiles & Clothing (T&C)
accounting for 22.3 % of total export
of T&C from India during 2019. Con-
sidering the higher spending capacity
in EU 28 countries, as a block, it is
the single largest market for the In-
dian export of T&C products. How-
ever, only 6.51 % of total import of
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