India’s textile sector is the country’s oldest manufacturing industry. Textile and apparel contributed 4% to India’s GDP, 14% to industrial production, and 13% to exports in FY2017. Textiles is second only to agriculture in employment generation. The sector is dominated by cotton, which claims a share of over 65% of the total mill fibre consumption in the country. India accounts for about 14% of the global production of textile fibre and yarns, and is the second-largest producer, after China, of man-made fibre and filament. India’s textile and apparel sector is fragmented, with few large companies, and a dominant share of small, independent, and often unorganised players. The sector, which supplies fabrics and garments to leading global brands, is driven by India’s strengthening middle class whose taste for Western clothing has only recently eclipsed the sales performance of traditional dress.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

02 SECTOR OUTLOOK

03 SECTOR IN FOCUS

04 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

05 COMPANIES IN FOCUS

06 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

07 YARN AND FIBRE

08 PROCESSED FABRICS

09 APPAREL

10 RETAIL CHANNELS