Textile Industry Associations Presidents thank TN CM for waiver on cotton import duty

The prominent Heads of the textile industry met the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat in Chennai and thanked him for waiving the 11 percent import duty levied on cotton.


Coimbatore: The prominent heads of the textile industry met the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday. They thanked him for waiving the 11 percent import duty levied on cotton.



President SIMA Ravi Sam, CITI President Rajkumar, Tirupur Exporters Association President Raja Shanmugam, Joint Secretary R Senthilkumar, Coordinator, Indian Textrenurs Federation (ITF) Prabhu Damodaran, Handloom Export Promotion Council Vice President K G Prithvi, Tamil Nadu Powerloom Federation Secretary S S K Ganesan and Karur Handloom Export Promotion Council Joint Secretary A Sethupathi met and thanked the Chief Minister for persuading the Union Government to waive the 11 tax levied on cotton imports.



The Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, R Gandhi, Principal Secretary Handloom, Handicrafts and Textiles Dharmendra Pratap Yadav and Commissioner, Textiles Department Dr. M Vallalar were also present at the meeting.

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