India among the top textile exporters to US

New Delhi, Nov 5 (KNN) India holds the number three spot in the list of top textile exporters to the US market.

The country’s textile products fetched around USD 3.73 billion during the first seven months of 2013 at 4 per cent growth in export value, said the US Department of Commerce's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) data.

China and Vietnam stand at the first and second positions respectively.

India's main growth had been coming from home textile supplies, which include intermediates such as yarn, fabric and made-ups.

The products exported to the American market were down 1.45 per cent during the first nine months of 2012 compared to the corresponding period, sustaining the biggest fall among the major suppliers.

Better performance in the value-added apparel segments is being seen as a big positive during this year, said the report.  (KNN/ST)