INDIA: Clothing Exports Fall 9% In August
India's garment exports to quota countries fell 9.3 per cent in volume terms to 74.3 million pieces last month and six per cent value terms to $312.8 million from the year-ago period, new data revealed Thursday. Figures compiled by the Apparel Exporters Promotion Council showed shipments to the US slumped 22 per cent year-on-year in volume terms to 25.5 million pieces and 20 per cent year-on-year in fiscal terms to $14.6m.