Textiles export (excluding coir, jute and handicrafts) has recorded a growth of 12.07 per cent at Rs 29,810 crore in 1995-96, as against Rs 26,599 crore in 1994-95.
Out of this, the export of cotton textiles alone has posted an increase of 18.89 per cent at Rs 10,390 crore in 1995-96, as against of Rs 8,739 crore in the corresponding period of last year.
The exports of garments have witnessed a rise of 6.35 per cent at Rs 14,806 crore in 1995-96, as compared with Rs 13,992 crore in 1994-95.
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Besides, the export of man-made textiles has grown by 26.18 per cent at Rs 3,109 crore in 1995-96, as against Rs 2,464 crore in 1994-95.
The combined exports of silk and woolen textiles have gone up by 1.97 per cent at Rs 1,504 crore in 1995-96, as compared with Rs 1,475 crore during the last year.
At the same time, production of spun yarn, cloth and the man-made fibre has also recorded handsome growth during 1995-96.
During the year, the total production of spun yarn (cotton, blended and 100 per cent non-cotton) by the organised mill sector, has shown an increase of 13.83 per cent at 2379 million kgs as against 2090 million kgs in the corresponding last year.
Also, production of blended and non-cotton yarn together showed a growth of 17.26 per cent over 1994-95.
The estimated production of cotton yarn by small scale spinning units has been 106 mln kgs during the 1995-96.
Similarly, the total production of cloth (excluding khadi, wool, and silk) during 1995-96 rose 11.66 per cent at about 31,460 million sq mtrs, as compared with 28,175 mln sq mtrs in 1994-95.
The cloth produced by the mill sector during 1995-96 was less by 11.10 per cent at 2019 mln sq mtrs.
It should be noted that production by the mill sector has been continuously declining for the past several years.
The cloth production by the decentralised sectors of handloom, powerlooms and hosiery have witnessed a growth of 13.65 per cent at 29,441 mln sq mtrs during 1995-96 as against of 25,904 mln sqr mtrs in 1994-95.
During 1995-96, the production growth of mill-made fibre has remained marginal when compared with the previous year.
In 1995-96, the estimated production of all man-made fibres put together (VSF, PSF, acrylic and polypropylene) was at 4,98,381 tonnes, which indicates a growth of 4.1 per cent against the increase of 5.6 per cent during the last year. The production of VSF, PSF and acrylic fibre during 1995-96 grew about 12.3 per cent, 3.2 per cent and 10.5 per cent respectively over the previous year.
The production of man-made filament yarns viz VFY, PFY, NFY and PPFY taken together witnessed an increase of 20.8 per cent at about 4,92,989 tonnes in 1995-96.
This was against of the output of 4.07,937 tonnes achieved in 1994-95.
Similarly, PFY production grew significantly by 26.2 per cent at 3,76,183 tonnes, as against 2,98,193 tonnes in 1994-95.
The production of NFY went up by 5.6 per cent at 41,563 tonnes in 1995-96, as against 39,351 tonnes in 1994-95.
The production of VFY was placed at 60,661 tonnes in 1995-96, showing an increase of 3.6 per cent over the last year.