‘ Though it was a delayed take-off after the phase-out of the WTO agreement on textile and clothing, the textile exports have caught up and investment is taking place,” Commerce Secretary S N Menon has said. |Asian expats prefer Singapore|After growing by a meagre five per cent in the first half of 2005-06, the textile exports shot up by an impressive 44 per cent between October 2005 and March 2006. | Go to Sify Business Home page |Regaining confidence, exports of textile goods to the US went up by 26 per cent and the European Union by 18 per cent, the Commerce Secretary said .Source: Sify business”

Date:4/11/2006

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