Total
Production and Exports of Cloth by India
|
Year
|
Production
of cloth
(Million Sq. Mts.)
|
Exports
(Rs. Crores)
|
|
All
types of Units
|
Mills
|
All
textiles
|
Cotton
Textiles
|
|
1951
|
4740
|
3727
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
|
1961
|
7073
|
4701
|
N.A.
|
60.10
|
|
1971
|
8577
|
4107
|
166
|
126.34
|
|
1981
|
10988
|
4168
|
942
|
835
|
|
1991
|
20354
|
2720
|
8283
|
5476
|
|
1995-96
|
31460
|
1726
|
29734
|
20836
|
|
1996-97
|
34298
|
1666
|
34868
|
25477
|
|
1997-98
|
36186
(P)
|
1657
(P)
|
38705
|
28054
|
|
1998-99
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
44331.65
|
32262
|
|
1999-2000
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
48321.77
|
34518.55
|
^
Linear meters up to 1990-91.
Source:
ICMF Handbook, 27th Edition; Pg. 21, 44 (1998) (P): Provisional
In
1951, the textile mills accounted for nearly 80 percent of
the production of cloth in terms of linear metres. In the
year 1997-98, this figure dwindled to a mere 4.6 percent.
Table
4
shows the drastic reduction in cloth production by the mill
sector from 1980 to 1997. Production dropped from 4533 million
square metres in 1980 to 1948 million square metres in 1997. Table
4
clearly shows how, in a span of 17 years, the power-looms
have captured the lion’s share of production of cloth,
virtually replacing the mill sector.
Other
STATISTICS
Post-Independence
Progress of Indian Textile Mill Industry
Post-Independence
Progress of Ahmedabad Textile Mill Industry
Production of Cloth by Mills, Handlooms
and Powerlooms.
Export Shares of Mills, Power-looms and
Handlooms
Value of Exports of Indian Textiles (1993
- 2000)
Share of Textile Exports in the Exports
of all commodities from India.
Exports of Textiles and Clothing - World
and India
 
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