Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Cotton and Polyester cotton blended canvas is the most widely used fabric for tents. Gokak mills is
the leading manufacturer of cotton canvas. Other manufacturers of cotton canvas are Bharat Textiles,
BKS textiles Coimbatore, Giri Textiles (Bangalore) and Agilandavari Textile Mills (Coimbatore).
Manufacturer Year Quantity* Value Unit Price Installed
(Rs crore)
capacity
Gokak Mills 2007-08 27.2 lakh m 20.71 Rs 76.08/m NA
Bharat Textiles & proofing
industries Limited
2002-03 8.11 lakh m 5.15 Rs 63.46/m NA
*The Canvas cloth is used for other applications like footwear, bags, tarpaulins, etc.
Imports & Exports of TT product
The estimated import of tents and tent fabrics is as given below
Imports
Import Quantity
HS Code Description
(Rs crore)
(MT)
2006-07 2007-08(E) 2006-07 2007-08(E)
63062100 Tents of cotton 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.0
63062200 Tents of synthetic fibres 0.31 2.08 14.60 14.93
63062910 Tents of jute 0.08 0.0 0.35 0.0
63062990 Other tents 0.42 0.89 8.51 50.01
54071012
Total
Unbleached tent fabrics * 0.01 0.0 0.13 0.0
Imports 0.8 3.0 23.6 64.9
Source:DGCIS,
Analysis
IMaCS
*The quantity is approximated into tonnes by assuming a
GSM of 200
Tents are imported from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Denmark etc. The imports from China
account for almost 50% of the total.
The estimated export of tents and tent fabrics is as given below:
Exports
Exports Quantity
HS Code Description
(in Rs crore)
(MT)
2006-07 2007-08(E) 2006-07 2007-08(E)
63062100 TENTS OF COTTON
TENTS OF SYNTHETIC
2.41 1.49 96.35 69.53
63062200 FIBRES 2.72 0.16 385.48 7.40
63062990 OTHER TENTS 7.25 7.72 387.35 347.76
UNBLECHD TENT
54071012 FABRICS * 0.55 1.70 17.69 73.69
54071022 BLECHD TENT FBRCS* 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.19