Indian Textile Exports
A target of USD 20,100 million was fixed for cotton, man-made, woollen and silk textiles during 2018-19 against which exports were valued at USD 18,254 million:
Details of share of major textile exporting countries of the world:
| Country | 2018 (billion USD) | % Share |
| China | 121 | 34% |
| USA | 22 | 6% |
| India | 21 | 6% |
| Germany | 16 | 4% |
| Italy | 13 | 4% |
| Turkey | 13 | 4% |
| Rep. of Korea | 12 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 10 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 8 | 2% |
| Viet Nam | 8 | 2% |
Source: Trademap
As per the data of Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, textile exports have increased by 7% from USD 19 billion in 2017-18 to USD 20.4 billion in 2018-19 while textile imports have remained stagnant at USD 5.6 billion in 2018-19. To curtail imports of textiles, Government has doubled the Basic Custom Duty from 10% to 20% on 383 apparel HS lines (8 digit) from 16th July 2018. Further, Government has raised BCD (from 10% to 20%) on other textile products i.e. 298 MMF fabric, 5 Silk fabric, 22 other fabric, 75 Carpet, 9 Made-ups and 15 other textiles HS lines (8 digit).
This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in written reply in the Lok Sabha .