INDIA Ambassador to FRANCE inaugurates Indian Pavilion in Foire De Paris

 Delhi , April 29: Jawed Ashraf, Ambassador of India along with Romesh Khajuria Chairman, Wool & Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) Ministry of Textiles , Government of India inaugurated the Indian pavilion in the Foire De Paris , at Paris.

Romesh Khajuria, Chairman WWEPC, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, led the delegation of WWEPC members to France He informed that the delegation of Indian exporters consists of more than 70 exporters, entrepreneurs, artisans and weavers from various parts of India are participating in the event. The WWEPC delegation also comprises 15 exporters and entrepreneurs from Jammu and Kashmir who get the opportunity to explore the market of Paris, France.

Speaking during the inaugural event,Khajuria said that small scale manufacturer-exporters should explore this market as well as to preserve the existing contacts He said this is an export promotion activity and provided an excellent opportunity to Indian SMEs to interact with the buyers, buying houses and agents from France and neighbouring countries. This participation has also provided much needed opportunity to the SME sector to discuss the latest opportunities and new developments in the respective field and disseminate and publicize their business in the global markets.

He maintained that France is among the top importers of textile and apparel in the World and it imports textile products worth US$ 30 billion, which is quite a significant share of apparel (75%) in France’s overall textiles imports.

He said India’s exports of textile products to France were US$ 920.00 million during 2022-23 against set target of US$ 956 Million set by the Department of Commerce and registered 4.42% growth. He further maintained that export of readymade garments of all textiles to France has shown 10% growth and we have achieved a 104% target. The export of woollen products has also shown impressive growth of more than 30% during 2022-23. The export of woollen products was US$ 17 Million during 2022-23 as compared to US$ 13 Million of 2021-22.

Khajuria further added that the Prime Minister has a lot of thrust in our products for the export market.

“Prime Minister feels that each Indian product should be made global and encourage every manufacturer Micro, Small and Medium to enter the export field as our products quality and quantity wise is acceptable worldwide,” he said. France is among the best markets in European countries as brands over there offer orders of good sizes has an enormous potential for Indian suppliers to increase their share in the market including Woollens. Apparel is the largest imported category by France representing 76% of total textile and apparel imports. We are very much optimistic that we can increase our share of woollen items in this market many fold with your help and support.

WWEPC is constantly trying to organize such events in the future so that member-exporters can take the benefit to know the trend as well as the quality standard of a particular country.