Apparel makers ramp up production of PPE kits to 800,000 units per day

The AEPC has requested the government to lift the ban on the export of PPE kits and has sent letters to Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in demand for garments, both in the domestic and export markets, apparel manufacturers have ramped up the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to 800,000 units per day.

The chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), Dr A Sakthivel, said that the Indian apparel export industry, which showed great agility in switching to the production of PPE kits and scaled it up from zero units to 800,000 units per day in less than four months, now wanted to grab the lion’s share in the $60 billion global market over the next five