TPP将打击印度纺织业

 

'TPP to hit Indian textile sector'

Industry body Indian Texpreneurs Federation has warned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will have serious implications for India's textile sector, including garment exports to the US, and has urged the government to take a closer look at the threat.
In a letter to the Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, ITF Secretary Prabhu Damodharan pointed out that exporters from TPP member countries will get preferential access to the US market while non-members like India will lose out, especially for garment exports.
He pointed out that the US imported garments $3.7 billion from India out of a total import of $82 billion in 2015. In percentage terms, the export figure was 21.5 per cent of Indian total apparel exports, down from 23 per cent in 2014.
Damodharan said that the share of India's apparel export could fall substantially if duty structure turns disadvantageous.
The ITF secretary also said that the Yarn Forward Rule (YFR) which makes it mandatory for TPP members to source yarn, fabrics and other inputs used in making clothes from TPP partner countries only to avail of duty preference will induce garment manufacturers in TPP countries to source their raw material from them at the cost of non-TPP countries like India.

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TPP将打击印度纺织业

行业组织印度纺织企业家联合会警告说,跨太平洋伙伴关系将对印度纺织行业产生严重影响,包括服装出口到美国,并敦促政府仔细研究将产生的威胁。

在给商务部长Nirmala Sitharaman的信中，ITF秘书Prabhu Damodharan指出，TPP成员国的出口商可以优先进入美国市场，而非TPP成员如印度将会输掉，尤其是服装出口。

他指出,2015年美国从印度进口了37亿美元的服装，总进口为820亿美元。按百分比计算,占印度服装出口总额的21.5%,低于2014年的23%。

Damodharan说，印度服装出口可能大幅下降，如果关税结构变得不利。

ITF秘书还表示,纱线转发规则(YFR)强制TPP成员从TPP伙伴国进口制造服装的纱线、面料和其他产品，利用关税优惠将诱使TPP国家服装制造商从伙伴国进口原材料，以非TPP国家为代价，比如印度。