Tamil Nadu’s Textile Hubs Face Tariff Shock
Tiruppur and Coimbatore, which employ over a million workers, are reeling from the US decision to impose tariffs of up to 50% on Indian textiles—putting their ?45,000 crore industry at risk.
Exporters warn that alternative markets like the UK, EU and TEPA nations cannot match the US, which alone buys $10 billion worth of Indian textiles each year. MSME-driven units, especially in Tiruppur where 95% of exporters are small players, fear closures and job losses. Calls for government support and market diversification are growing urgent.
For workers like 35-year-old Vimala, who joins hundreds of women in Tiruppur’s factories each day, the stakes are personal. Once a quiet agricultural town, Tiruppur transformed after liberalisation into India’s knitwear capital, with prosperity tied closely to exports. Today, global trade tensions threaten that growth.
Veteran exporter Thirukumaran says the industry has survived earlier shocks like COVID-19 and the Ukraine war. But with hopes pinned on new trade agreements—including one with the UK and possibly the US—the latest tariff move has cast a cloud over what was expected to be a year of recovery.
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