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A Study of India's Textile Exports and Environmental Regulations

Editors: Kumar, K.S. Kavi

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6295-7

ISBN: 978-981-10-6294-0

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

Dec 28, 2017

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Introduction

Kavi Kumar, K. S.

Pages: 1 –14

[To remain competitive, Indian textile industry should reduce operating costs and enhance environmental compliance. Government should not only strive to integrate environmental goals into the national textile policy but also in the plans and programmes. Textile sector cannot have independent...
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Global and Indian Supply Chain of Textiles

Begum, Zareena; Das, Sukanya

Pages: 15 –43

[This chapter discusses in detail supply chains of textile industry in global and Indian contexts. In the global context the situation of textile industry in India’s competing countries from South Asia and China are discussed using the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)...
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India’s Comparative Advantage in Export of Textiles and Apparel Products

Kannan, Elumalai

Pages: 45 –60

[This chapter describes the comparative advantage of India’s export of textile products using the measures such as revealed comparative advantage and revealed symmetric comparative advantage. These measures are estimated for India’s textile exports using three and four digit level trade data. The...
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Global Environmental Requirements—Textile Industry

Begum, Zareena; Kavi Kumar, K. S.

Pages: 61 –72

[This chapter discusses in detail the basis for environmental concerns in the importing countries in the context of textile and other products and the environmental quality standards adopted by several developed countries including USA and EU. The chapter also discusses the measures undertaken by...
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Non-tariff Barriers in Textiles: Incidence and Perceptions

Kavi Kumar, K. S.; Begum, Zareena; Das, Sukanya

Pages: 73 –92

[This chapter describes extent of non-tariff barriers/measures (including the environmental regulations) adopted by the importing countries as revealed by various secondary databases and recent surveys. Using the time-series data of textile sector, the chapter analyses the impact of pollution...
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Exploring Linkages Between Pollution Abatement and Trade in Textile Industry

Narayanan, G. Badri

Pages: 93 –122

[This chapter discusses in detail the cost of pollution abatement among textile firms and integrates such costs in a large scale modelling framework. Using the GTAP model, the chapter further discusses the interplay between the costs incurred to meet the environmental regulations and the...
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Conclusions

Kavi Kumar, K. S.

Pages: 123 –129

[This chapter provides summary of the findings along with discussion on strategies to enhance export of textile products. The chapter presents a SWOT analysis of textile sector in India. It is argued that the dynamics of environment and trade inter-linkages could get significantly affected in the...

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