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AEPC Initiatives Chairman AEPC meets Cabinet Secretary for boosting apparel exports from India Chairman AEPC Dr. A. Sakthivel, met Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Seth in the first week of December 2012. The meeting was on the efforts to boost apparel exports from India. Both discussed strategies and initiatives that would help in export promotion amidst the difficult global scenario. Dr. Sakthivel informed Cabinet Secretary about the programmes under 12th Five Year Plan which have been finalized by the Council. With a view to take faster decisions and faster implementation of the projects in export promotion, Chairman AEPC suggested that a committee by the name Textile Export Promotion Board (TEPB) under Cabinet Secretary as Chairmanship may be constituted. Dr. Sakthivel requested that this proposal may be considered in the interest of export promotion. AEPC Skill Assessment Cell enters MoU with M/s Modelama Exports Ltd. AEPC Skill Assessment Cell has commenced the skill assessment initiatives in Apparel/ Garment, Khadi and Carpet sectors. This new initiatives will help to create employment, economic growth and social development processes for the above sectors. The assessment process under Skill Development Initiative Scheme is a project guided by Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India. It aims to test and certify the competency of persons, seeking certification of their skills acquired informally or the persons who have been trained at the registered Vocational Training Provider (VTP). In last one and a half years (March 2011 to November 2012) AEPC Skill Assessment Cell has done more than 3312 assessments. The Skill Assessment Cell has established their Regional offices, State Offices and panel of Assessors all over India. To achieve its mission Skill Assessment Cell has further explored the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) of MOT and has entered an MoU with M/s Modelama Exports Ltd on 3rd December 2012 for assessment of 10,000 candidates being trained by them over a period of 4 years under ISDS Scheme of MoT component II category. 12 APPAREL INDIA
Initiatives AEPC AEPC to organize india Clothing & Textile Trade show in South Africa After the huge success of Buyer-Seller-Meets at South Africa in the last seven consecutive years since 2006, AEPC is once again organizing a Trade Show in association with SRTEPC, TEXPROCIL, ISEPC, EPCH, PDEXCIL, HEPC, WWWEPC, CARPET EPC & NATIONAL JUTE BOARD at Johannesburg & Cape Town in South Africa from 07-12 March, 2013 with 70 booths at each venue. Ministry of Textiles & Ministry of Commerce has approved funding under Market Access Initiative for the India Clothing & Textile Trade Show in South Africa. South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa with a gross domestic product (GDP) four times that of its southern African neighbours and comprising around 25% of the GDP of Africa. The country leads the continent in industrial output (40% of total output) and mineral production (45%) and generates most of Africa’s electricity (over 50%). Its major strengths include its physical and economic infrastructure, natural mineral and metal resources, a growing manufacturing sector, and strong growth potential in the tourism, higher value-added manufacturing and service industries. RMG Figures: India’s garment export to South Africa is depicted below. RMG Imports Statistics South Africa RMG Imports From World From India Our Share (%) *Source: UNComTrade, 2012 All figures in USD Millions 2009 2009 2009 2010 2011 %Change 2011/2010 895.8 895.0 966.6 1248.1 1395.2 11.8 51.0 50.3 51.1 60.3 73.1 21.2 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.2 8.4 • South Africa Imported worth US$ 1395 million apparel from world in 2011 which is 12% higher what it imported in 2010. • India accounted for 5.2% share in total import of RMG in South Africa. India’s share in overall import from world has declined since 2007 however in 2011 apparel import in South Africa increased by 21% from India. • Total import market size of South Africa is of US$ 1.4 billion which has increased by 56% from 2007. The Textile/Clothing Industry: South Africa has a robust clothing industry. Clothing sales in SA are dominated by a number of retail houses, each with three or four store brands and each brand represented by a chain of over 100 stores within SA alone. The top seven chains account for roughly 70% of domestic market share. Some of the brands are also expanding into the rest of Africa. Who should Participate Exporters registered with AEPC and other textile EPC’s can apply for participation in the India Clothing & Textile Trade Show. Members of AEPC can apply directly. Applicants from other EPC’s can send their application with full participation fees, in the shape of Demand Draft payable in favour of APPAREL EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL (payable New Delhi/Gurgaon) to respective EPC’s. However, they may send advance copy of application to AEPC for information. Inviting Buyers: In order to invite leading buyers/buying agents/representative of retail chain stores, the details of items of exports of the participating company would be sent to the Public Relation Agencies in advance for the invitation of buyers. The proposed event is AEPC’s continuing Export Promotion event since 2006. Good buyers such as Woolworths, Trueworths, Foschini, Mr. Price, Platinum Group, EDCON, Guess, Edgars Sourcing Team, Jet Stores, Marianne Fassler, Perltex Agencies, Fleeceytex, Skye Clothing Group, Trubok, Stuttafords, Sweet Orr, Cape Union Mart, Toledo Clothing, PEP Stores, Exact, Ackermans, Markham, etc. have been invited to visit the show. Highlights: - South Africa is the largest consumer of clothing in the African market - India is their 2nd largest clothing import partner - Imports from India grew positively from the previous year APPAREL INDIA 13
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