ABOUT TEA
TIRUPUR KNITWEAR EXPORTS
Knitwear Exports
(Value in Rs. Cr) |
|||||||
|
2015- 16 |
2016-17 |
2017- 18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
All India |
50,150 |
55,150 |
51,526 |
54,691 |
53,199 |
46,890 |
44,250 |
Tirupur |
22,060 |
23,620 |
24,060 |
27,650 |
27,280 |
24,750 |
23,250 |
Share (%) |
44.0 |
42.9 |
46.7 |
50.6 |
51.3 |
52.8 |
52.5 |
Domestic Business
Chronological growth of Tirupur
Commencement of Exports
A handful of manufacturers exported garments worth Rs.15 crore in 1985. The next couple of year was a windfall for Tirupur as exports touched Rs.300 crore in 1990.
CAPACITY OF UNITS IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS
Operations |
Number of Units |
Knitting |
850 |
Dyeing |
400 |
Bleaching |
50 |
Printing |
600 |
Garment Making Exporting units Domestic and job working unit |
1,200 3,000 |
Embroidery |
400 |
Other Ancillary Units |
1,100 |
Compacting and Calendaring |
750 |
Total |
8,350 |
FORMATION OF TEA
Now, Shri Raja M Shanmugham has assumed as president of the association with an ambition of reaching one lakh crore Tirupur business, including exports and domestic in the year 2020. To fulfill the Vision 2020, he has been taking up various fresh ideas and thoughts and is trying to implement the same expediently. His top priorities are constitution of Knitwear Board in Tirupur, setting up of Design studio, Construction of one lakh houses for workers, imparting skills training to workers to increase productivity etc.
As on January 2022, TEA consisting of 1150 knitwear exporters as members.
YEAR-WISE TIRUPUR EXPORT DATA
Year |
Quantity (Lakh Pieces) |
Value (Rs) |
US Dollar / Rupee |
Value in (US $ Mn) |
1984 |
104.2 |
9.69 |
11.37 |
8.52 |
1985 |
172.1 |
18.69 |
12.36 |
15.12 |
1986 |
288.7 |
37.48 |
12.61 |
29.73 |
1987 |
333.56 |
74.49 |
12.96 |
57.50 |
1988 |
459.06 |
104.24 |
13.91 |
74.91 |
1989 |
614 |
167.39 |
16.22 |
103.18 |
1990 |
888.73 |
289.85 |
17.50 |
165.64 |
1991 |
905.11 |
429.48 |
22.69 |
189.29 |
1992 |
1399 |
774.93 |
25.92 |
298.96 |
1993 |
1893 |
1162.43 |
31.45 |
369.66 |
1994 |
1964 |
1318 |
31.37 |
420.09 |
1995 |
2171 |
1591.83 |
32.42 |
490.95 |
1996 |
2574 |
1897 |
35.43 |
535.43 |
1997 |
2983 |
2255 |
36.32 |
620.88 |
1998 |
3461 |
2619 |
41.27 |
634.64 |
1999 |
3764 |
3067 |
43.05 |
712.45 |
2000 |
4243 |
3581 |
44.94 |
796.84 |
2001 |
3831 |
3528 |
47.19 |
747.68 |
2002 |
3580 |
3250 |
48.60 |
668.73 |
2003 |
3812 |
3896 |
46.58 |
836.38 |
2004 |
4114 |
4468.75 |
45.32 |
986.12 |
2004 – 2005 |
|
6,500.00 |
44.93 |
1446.60 |
2005 – 2006 |
|
8,500.00 |
44.28 |
1919.75 |
2006 – 2007 |
|
11,000.00 |
45.26 |
2430.60 |
2007 – 2008 |
|
9,950.00 |
40.27 |
2470.78 |
2008 – 2009 |
|
11,250.00 |
46.09 |
2441.00 |
2009 – 2010 |
|
11,500.00 |
47.43 |
2424.41 |
2010 – 2011 |
|
12,500.00 |
45.54 |
2745.09 |
2011 – 2012 |
|
12,500.00 |
47.85 |
2612.53 |
2012 – 2013 |
|
13,000.00 |
54.44 |
2387.74 |
2013 - 2014 |
|
18,000.00 |
60.59 |
2970.61 |
2014 – 2015 |
|
21,000.00 |
61.15 |
3434.29 |
2015 - 2016 |
|
22,060.00 |
65.43 |
3371.34 |
2016 - 2017 |
|
23,620.00 |
67.07 |
3521.95 |
2017 - 2018 |
|
24,060.00 |
64.46 |
3732.33 |
2018 - 2019 |
|
27,650.00 |
69.94 |
3953.54 |
2019 - 2020 |
|
27,280.00 |
70.92 |
3846.48 |
2020 - 2021 |
|
24,750.00 |
73.88 |
3350.03 |
2021 - 2022 (APR-DEC) (P) |
|
23,250.00 |
74.31 |
3128.78 |
As far as the export is concerned, all leading brands Nike, Cutter & Buck, Tommy Hilfigure, Point Zero, Fruit of Looms, Adidas, GAP, Katzenberg, Van Hussain, Fila, Arrow, TESCO, S Oliver, Inditex (Zara), etc., and leading chain stores like C&A, WalMart, Target, Primark, Sears and Mothers Care, H&M, Decathlon, Carrefour, Lindex, Hanes Brand, Polo, Ralph Lauren, NEXT, Kiabi, Columbia Sportswear, Bhs, Wal-Mart, Aldi stores, Guess Jeans & Spring Field etc., are sourcing from Tirupur.