India 50000 Textile Enterprises Strike Against Cotton Yarn Price Too High

　　 Friday, about 50000. India Production of textiles and clothing was discontinued, and strikes took part in protest. Cotton yarn price Rise.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, part of the manufacturing sector in Punjab and West Bengal stopped production for one day.

Tirup is one of the garment manufacturing and export centers in India. More than 100 thousand people in the region hold hunger strike.

Premal Udani, chairman of the India Garment Export Promotion Council (APEC), said that because of the rising price of cotton yarn, garment manufacturers were in trouble. We called for a nationwide strike and received a good response. We hope that the government will intervene immediately because there are 6 million employees in the garment industry.

Last year, cotton yarn prices rose by 80-100%, forcing many enterprises to stop production, resulting in many people. Unemployment 。 The price of yarn is too high to affect the price of final clothing products in the market.

The garment export promotion committee and other industry forum participating in the day's strike activities hope that the government will adjust the export and other measures to promote the rationalization of cotton and yarn prices.

Udani, President of the garment export promotion committee, said: "cotton yarn should be allowed to export only, and cotton yarn exports should be banned before the supply of yarn is restored to normal. We hope to ensure that local enterprises can enjoy the advantage of domestic sourcing so that they can buy cotton yarn to meet their production needs. We expect the government to give priority to supporting industries and creating jobs. "