The Indian textile machinery industry comprises over 1446 manufacturing units, with over 600 producing complete machinery and the remaining producing parts and accessories. The industry supplies machines for processing yarns and fabrics and weaving to help meet export targets. It is deregulated and allows up to 100% foreign investment. Production was $6.2 billion in 2007-2008, $4.1 billion in 2008-2009, and $4.2 billion in 2009-2010, while exports were $640 million, $607 million, and $525 million respectively over the same period.
The Indian textile machinery industry comprises over 1446 manufacturing units, with over 600 producing complete machinery and the remaining producing parts and accessories. The industry supplies machines for processing yarns and fabrics and weaving to help meet export targets. It is deregulated and allows up to 100% foreign investment. Production was $6.2 billion in 2007-2008, $4.1 billion in 2008-2009, and $4.2 billion in 2009-2010, while exports were $640 million, $607 million, and $525 million respectively over the same period.
The Indian textile machinery industry comprises over 1446 manufacturing units, with over 600 producing complete machinery and the remaining producing parts and accessories. The industry supplies machines for processing yarns and fabrics and weaving to help meet export targets. It is deregulated and allows up to 100% foreign investment. Production was $6.2 billion in 2007-2008, $4.1 billion in 2008-2009, and $4.2 billion in 2009-2010, while exports were $640 million, $607 million, and $525 million respectively over the same period.
The Indian textile machinery industry comprises over 1446 manufacturing units, with over 600 producing complete machinery and the remaining producing parts and accessories. The industry supplies machines for processing yarns and fabrics and weaving to help meet export targets. It is deregulated and allows up to 100% foreign investment. Production was $6.2 billion in 2007-2008, $4.1 billion in 2008-2009, and $4.2 billion in 2009-2010, while exports were $640 million, $607 million, and $525 million respectively over the same period.
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Textile Machinery
The Indian textile machinery industry is a significant component of the capital
goods industry.This industry comprises of over 1446 machinery and components manufacturing units with over 600 units producing complete machinery,and the remaining parts and accessories. The range includes textile machinery required for sorting,cording, processing of yarns/ fabrics and weaving.The industry is gearing itself to avail of opportunities of supplying machines required to cater to the export target of garment manufacturers post Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA).The industry is also de-licensed and foreign direct investment (FDI) upto 100 per cent under automatic route as well as technology collaboration,is allowed freely.Import of old and new machineries too is allowed freely. As per Textiles Machinery Manufacturers Association (TMMA) with a capital investment of US$ 1,415.38 million and an installed capacity of US$ 1,650.87 million per annum , their current production, imports as well as exports are as under: Figure in US$ Million Year
Production
Exports
Imports
2007-2008
6155
640
5255
2008-2009
4063
607
4411
2009-2010
4245
525
4500
Material Handling Equipment
The range of equipments manufactured includes crushing and screening plants, coal/ore/ash handling plant and associated equipment such as stackers, reclaimers, ship loaders/ unloaders, wagon tipplers, feeders etc. catering to the growing and rapidly changing needs of the core industries such as Coal,Cement, Power, Port, Mining, Fertilizers and Steel plants. This industry is also de-licensed and foreign direct investment (FDI) upto 100 per cent,under automatic route as well as technology collaboration,is allowed freely. Import of old and new machineries too is allowed freely. There are 50 units in the organised sector for the manufacture of material handling equipment. Besides, there are a number of units operating in the smallscale sector. The industry is self-sufficient in meeting the domestic demand and is also capable of meeting global competition. As per Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) the export and import figures for the last three years are as under: Figure in US$ Million 2007-2008