India’s textile and apparel industry is facing one of its most complex operating environments in recent years as the escalating crisis in West Asia disrupts shipping routes, inflates freight and insurance costs, delays export deliveries and increases volatility in crude-linked raw materials.
The Polyester Textile Apparel Industry Association (PTAIA) has appealed to the government to reconsider the proposed anti-dumping duty (ADD) on Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), a key input in polyester fiber manufacturing, warning that such a move could aggravate existing shortages and disrupt the textile industry’s supply chain. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)













