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EXPORT OF HANDLOOM FABRICS BY CO-OPERATIVES

India is one of the Signatories of the W.T.O. Agreement, which will be in force    from 1.1.2005.  The Agreement of Textile and Clothing, which is one of the Associate Agreements of the W.T.O. Agreement,  covers the World Textile Trade.  Therefore, in order to compete with the Global Market and to make the Weavers Cooperative Societies run on vaiable line and also to give continuous employment to the Handloom Weavers, the Department has laid much emphasis on exports by encouraging  the Weavers to resort to the Export Oriented Production. More than 15000 looms in 265 Weavers Cooperative Societies are now engaged in Export Oriented Production through Deemed Exports.  The average annual export turnover by these societies is around  Rs.150.00 Crore.

To facilitate  interested buyers, an EXPORT  INTERACTION CENTRE has been set-up in the Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles, Kuralagam, Chennai, to secure orders, Co-ordinate, facilitate and implement Export Marketing Activities.  The Export Interaction Centre cater as an information - cum - display Centre of the various varieties produced in Tamil Nadu in Handloom Weavers Cooperative Societies.