Post-COVID: Indian Apparel Exports Are Gaining Pace

17 May 2022, Mumbai:

After losing momentum during 2020 due to COVID-19, apparel exports from India are gaining pace once more. In the first two months of 2022, shipments rose 10.30 percent to 736.65 million pieces over the corresponding period in 2021.

The average price per garment also increased to $4.28 during the period.

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*As per a report by Apparel Resources exports calculated using official DGFT statistics, India’s apparel exports increased to 3.72 billion pieces in 2021 as compared to 3.13 billion pieces in 2020. In value terms, India’s apparel exports increased 24 percent to $15.21 billion in 2021 as against exports worth $12.27 billion in 2020.

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India’s average price per garment also increased to $4.08 in 2021, compared to $3.92 in 2020. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, India’s garment shipments still need to regain pace quantity-wise. In 2019, India exported 3.85 billion garment pieces worth $16.25 billion with each of the garment pieces costing $4.22 billion.

However, looking at Y-o-Y growth in 2021 and an increase in the first two months of 2022, India should recover previous levels of apparel export growth in the remaining months of this year.

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CREDITS: *As per a report by Apparel Resources.