A high-level Indian delegation, led by Neelam Shami Rao, secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, showcased India’s rising energy in the technical textiles sector at a devoted Technical Textiles Roadshow in Manchester, United Kingdom.
A high-level Indian delegation led by Neelam Shami Rao has showcased India’s technical textiles sector at a Manchester roadshow.
The focus was on sustainability, innovation, and alternatives beneath CETA. India exported $2.92 billion of technical textiles in FY25. The go to goals to spice up UK partnerships, backed by PM MITRA, PLI, and NTTM.
India targets doubling textile exports by 2030.
The delegation included senior officers from the Ministry of Textiles and representatives from the man-made fibre, technical textiles, and different key textile segments, together with TEXPROCIL.
Technical textiles are amongst India’s fastest-growing segments, pushed by R&D, superior manufacturing and round financial system practices, Neelam Shami Rao stated in her keynote. She highlighted India’s deal with sustainability, inexperienced manufacturing and waste discount beneath the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) scheme to strengthen long-term competitiveness.
She famous that the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) creates a win–win framework — providing safe, sustainable sourcing and expertise partnerships for the UK, and enhanced market entry, tariff discount, mutual recognition of requirements and investor confidence for India. Rao inspired UK retailers and industrial customers to accomplice with India’s cost-competitive, innovation-led ecosystem to construct resilient and sustainable provide chains.
The delegation additionally visited main innovation hubs together with the Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester, to discover partnerships in superior supplies, sustainable technical textiles and round style fashions, Ministry of Textiles stated in a launch.
India exported $2.92 billion value of technical textiles in fiscal 2025 (FY25), led by Packtech (37.5 per cent) and Indutech (28 per cent), with shipments to the UK totalling $136 million (4.7 per cent share).
The go to is predicted to facilitate better commerce alternatives, joint ventures, funding and expertise partnerships between India and the UK. Flagship schemes similar to PM MITRA mega textile parks, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and the NTTM are creating world-class infrastructure and an enabling enterprise setting.
India is advancing its imaginative and prescient to double textile exports by 2030, mixed with the market entry advantages of CETA, whereas supporting a mutually useful, sustainable and future-ready India–UK textile commerce partnership.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)