印度对孟加拉国的服装进口增长了56%

India's garment imports from Bangladesh up 56% post-GST

India has imported $87.4 million worth of readymade garments from Bangladesh during July-November 2017, registering a sharp rise of 56 per cent compared to $55.92 million during the same period last year, according to the data released by Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh. Indian apparel manufacturers will face stiff competition from Bangladesh.

Category-wise, Bangladesh’s knitted apparel exports to India stood at $30.1 million during the five-month period beginning July 1, 2017, indicating a 69 per cent growth over export of $17.9 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.

Likewise, Bangladesh supplied $57.3 million worth of woven apparel to India, showing a growth of 51 per cent over $38.1 million in the same period of 2016.

Commenting on the increase in imports, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) chairman Sanjay K Jain said the exemption of the basic custom duty on imports of garments from Bangladesh is the main reason.

“In the pre-GST Scenario, import of garment from Bangladesh was attracting cost of Rs 77/pc (where MRP Rs 999/pc) and Rs 116/pc (where MRP is Rs 1500/pc) in the shape of CVD + education cess thereon. However, in the post- GST period, there is no cost for import of garments from Bangladesh,” Jain said in a CITI press release.

In the case of import of garment from other countries, the cost has been substantially reduced by Rs 77/pc and Rs 116/pc where MRP is Rs 999/pc and Rs 1500/pc respectively, Jain added.

Due to the reduction in cost of import, the Indian garment industry will face stiff competition from imported garments especially from Bangladesh where production cost is already less than India, he said.

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印度对孟加拉国的服装进口增长了56%

根据孟加拉国出口促进局公布的数据，在2017年7月至11月期间，印度从孟加拉国进口了价值8740万美元的成衣服装，同比增长56%，去年同期为5592万美元。印度服装制造商将面临来自孟加拉国的激烈竞争。

产品类目方面，从2017年7月1日开始的5个月期间，孟加拉国对印度的针织服装出口总额为3010万美元，这表明去年同期的出口额为1790万美元，同比增长69%。

同样，孟加拉国向印度提供了价值5730万美元的纺织服装，相比2016年同期3810万美元的数额增长了51%。

印度纺织工业联合会主席Sanjay K Jain在评论进口增加时表示，对从孟加拉国进口服装的基本关税减免是主要原因。

“在之前gst方案中，从孟加拉国进口的服装成本为每件77卢比和每件116卢比，以CVD +教育税形式征收。然而，在GST后期，从孟加拉国进口服装并没有成本，”Jain在花旗集团的新闻发布会上说。

Jain补充说，在从其他国家进口服装的情况下，成本已经大幅降低了每件77 卢比和每件116卢比，其中MRP分别是每件999卢比和1500卢比。

他说，由于进口成本下降，印度服装行业将面临来自进口服装的激烈竞争，尤其是来自孟加拉国的进口服装，那里的生产成本已经低于印度。