The Indian government yesterday removed anti-dumping duty (ADD) on viscose staple fibre (VSF). Asserting that the ‘path breaking’ decision will give a fillip to the man-made fibre (MMF) sector, former textiles minister Smriti Irani said in a tweet that it was taken after a thorough investigation initiated in February this year. Irani holds the women and child development portfolio now.
Biodegradable VSF fibres are obtained from wood pulp and cotton pulp, which share the characteristics of cotton fibres. These are versatile and easily bendable and have a wide range of application in apparels, home textiles, home furnishings, dress materials, woven clothing and knitwear.India yesterday removed anti-dumping duty on viscose staple fibre. Asserting that the 'path breaking' decision will give a fillip to the man-made fibre sector, former textiles minister Smriti Irani said in a tweet that it was taken after a thorough investigation initiated in February this year. Irani holds the women and child development portfolio now.#
Welcoming the decision, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman A Sakthivel said it will prove to be a key milestone in India’s apparel history. He thanked the government for accepting AEPC request on the issue.
In January this year, AEPC along with other organisations in the VSF value chain had appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for removing ADD on VSF to address issues related to VSF spun yarn availability and price to prevent job losses and halting of production across the VSF textile value chain.
“The decision will help the MMF segment, which both industry and government have identified as the sunrise sector for increasing the share of India in global apparel trade. With quality fabric at the right price in place, it will finally give wings to the proposed Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the MMF segment,” AEPC said in a statement.
“The removal of protectionist tariffs on VSF will make the domestic VSF prices aligned with the global VSF prices making the entire Indian VSF textile value chain globally competitive. It will boost production and exports of these products,” Sakthivel added.
Major VSF powerloom clusters are in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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