Acute shortage of VSF and ELS cotton hurting textile industry

Suffering due to the acute shortage of viscose staple fibre (VSF) and extra long staple (ELS) cotton, the Indian textiles and apparel industry has urged for immediate support from the Central Government in this regard.

Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern Indian Mills’ Association (SIMA), has also urged for immediate intervention of the Prime Minister in the matter regarding removal of both anti-dumping duty on VSF and also the withdrawal of 10 per cent import duty on cotton.