India-Japan Textile Trade
and Investment Collaboration, India has only 1% Market
India–Japan
Textile Trade & Cooperation Summary
Trade
Snapshot (2024)
·
India’s textile & apparel exports to Japan: $354
million
·
Japan’s total textile & apparel imports from
the world: $30,873 million
·
India’s share in Japan’s textile imports: ~1.1%
India-Japan
CEPA (2011)
·
Objective: Reduce tariff and non-tariff
barriers
·
Purpose: Simplify trade procedures and
enhance competitiveness of Indian exporters in Japan
Recent
Developments
·
A high-level Indian delegation visited Japan
and engaged with:
o
Leading Japanese companies in
apparel, machinery, technical textiles, and fabric processing
·
Japanese firms were invited to invest in
India’s PM MITRA Parks, leveraging:
o
India’s growing market
o
Competitive ecosystem
o
Skilled workforce
Government
Schemes Supporting the Textile Sector
1.
PM MITRA Parks Scheme
o
Establishes modern, plug-and-play integrated
textile infrastructure
2.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
o
Boosts MMF (Man-Made Fibres), MMF Apparel,
and Technical Textiles manufacturing
3.
ESG Taskforce – Ministry of Textiles
o
Promotes sustainable, resource-efficient production
o
Engages with stakeholders to identify ESG
challenges and solutions
India–Japan
Skill & Quality Collaboration
·
AOTS (Japan’s METI), under a
Human Resource Development Project, is:
o
Training Indian textile officers in Japanese
Quality Evaluation Systems
o
Conducted at Indian textile hubs: Mumbai,
Kolkata, Jaipur, Tirupur
Conclusion
India
aims to deepen its textile trade partnership with Japan by:
·
Increasing market share
·
Encouraging Japanese investments
·
Adopting high-quality and sustainable manufacturing
practices
India’s
total textile and apparel export to Japan in 2024 is $354 Million and Japan’s
total textile and apparel import from world is $ 30,873 Million. (Source: UNCOM
Trade database).
India
has signed India-Japan CEPA. in 2011 to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers,
simplify procedures and address structural issues to make Indian Exporters more
competitive in partner markets.
During
a recent high-level delegation visit to Japan, series of engagements were held
with leading Japanese companies across the textile value chain. During these
engagements, Japanese stakeholders were invited to invest in PM MITRA parks and
take advantage of India's vibrant textile ecosystem. These include companies
from apparel, machinery, technical textiles and fabric processing sectors.
The
Government is implementing various schemes/initiatives to promote Indian
textiles sector. The major schemes/initiatives include PM Mega Integrated
Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme to create a modern,
integrated, world class plug and play textile infrastructure; Production Linked
Incentive (PLI) Scheme focusing on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical
Textiles to boost large scale manufacturing.
The
Ministry of Textiles has constituted an Environment Social and Governance (ESG)
Taskforce with the objective of enabling the transition of the Indian textile
industry towards a sustainable and resource-efficient production system. The
taskforce engages in deliberations with stakeholders of the industry in
ascertaining the current status and issues in adopting sustainable production
models.
The
Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships
(AOTS) under Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan has been
implementing a Human Resource Development project through a series of training
programs on Japanese System of Quality Evaluation to the technical officers of
Textiles Committee at various Indian textiles export hubs viz. Mumbai, Kolkata,
Jaipur and Tirupur.
This
information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES PABITRA
MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 5 August, 2025.