TEA大力宣扬自由贸易协定

 

TEA makes strong pitch for free trade agreements12

Making a strong case of expediting free trade agreements with the European Union and Special agreements with Australia and Canada, the Tirupur Exporters Association, said that special trade ties with these countries alone could boost readymade garment exports by 40 per cent, out of which 30 per cent could be to the EU and alone.

In a memorandum to the Textiles Secretary, Rashmi Verma during her visit to the knitwear hub, TEA said last year the garment sector exported readymade garments (RMG) worth $17 billion out of which, $6.29 billion value of garment was destined to European Union. There is still strong potential to enhance exports there once the level playing field is provided to the sector, TEA said.

While India is still awaiting confirmation from the EU to resume the negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement, that TEA seemed more optimistic than the government. “Once the FTA with EU would come through in September this year, our exports to EU will grow and witness a growth rate of 30 per cent in successive years and get doubled in next three years apart from witnessing an employment generation of 30 lakh jobs,” it claimed.

Requesting the Textiles Secretary to help to expedite the FTA with the EU, it said that in the recent years Indian exporters had elevated their standards to conform with EU norms and made improvements in the garment units to meet their stringent quality requirements. This had led to great improvement in their relations with the European buyers.

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TEA大力宣扬自由贸易协定

强调加快与欧盟、澳大利亚和加拿大的自由贸易协定和特殊协议，蒂巴鲁出口商协会说,与这些国家的特殊贸易关系可以提高成衣服装出口40%，其中的30%可能是欧盟的。

在对纺织秘书的备忘录中，Rashmi Verma在访问针织中心期间，TEA说，去年服装部门出口成衣价值170亿美元，其中服装62.9亿美元出口至欧盟。如果可以提供给该行业公平竞争的平台，仍有强劲的潜力来提高出口,TEA说。

而印度仍在等待欧盟确认恢复自由贸易协定的谈判,TEA似乎比政府更加乐观。“一旦与欧盟间的自由贸易协定在今年9月生成,我们对欧盟的出口将有所增长,除了见证将形成300万人口的就要，还将连续几年增长30%，并在未来三年内翻一番,”它说。

请求纺织品秘书帮助加快与欧盟之间的自由贸易协定,它说,近年来印度出口商提高他们的标准来符合欧盟规范，并改进服装的单位,以满足严格的质量要求。这使得与欧洲买家的关系有较大的改善。