A Study on Home Textile Export Performance with special reference to Karur Town

1. Name and Address :_____________________________________________________

2. Year of Establishment:

3. Nature of ownership:

4. Type of business operation : a) Small scale b) Medium scale c) Large scale

5. Products manufactured and exported : a) Bed linen Table linen b) Kitchen Linen c) Toilet Linen d)

e)

Curtains

f) Home furnishing articles

b) weaving

g) other made ups

c) sampling

6. Process involved : a) Dyeing

d) Quality checking
a) Yes b) No

e) packing

f) others

7. Have you received any awards, certificate of excellence, accreditation etc?

8. Do you export home textile products? a) Yes b) No

9. Tick the countries where you are exporting? USA UK Japan Australia Canada South Africa Other countries

10. Do you have a good export market? a) Yes b) No

11. Do you have any changes in percentage of export? a) Yes b) No

If yes what is the change? a) Increase b) Decrease

If Increase what is the percentage of change? a. 10% increase b. 20 % increase c. 30 % increase d. More than 30% increase If Decrease what is the percentage of change? a. More than 30% decrease b. 30 % decrease c. 20 % decrease d. 10% decrease 12. Rank the factors that influenced for home textile export from Karur?(Rank 1 to 8)

Good raw material base Skilled and cheap labour Good Transport facility Good communications facility Availability of water resource Strong finance base Experienced supplier based for production services and

intermediate goods Well connected to nearby ports

13. Are you facing any problem regarding the following factors? Low To limited extend High

Currency fluctuation Economic slow down Labour shortage Yarn price high Infrastructure facilities Power cuts Production cost Sickness
14. Do you meet out the international standards? a) Yes b) No

If yes tick the standards followed for meeting out international standards?

Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) Organic Exchange (OE) Oeko-Tex Standard 100 SA 8000 : 2008 ISO 9001: 2008 Others

15. Do government policies, schemes and corporation helps in promoting home textile export? a) Yes b) No

16. Have you availed any benefits from the following schemes and policies ?(tick them)

a. Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme(TUFS) b. Technology Mission on Cotton(TMC) c. Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Scheme d. Textile Workers Rehabilitation Fund Scheme (TWRFS) e. Powerloom Schemes f. Guidelines of the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks g. Studies for Export Promotion Scheme h. others
17. Are you a member of the following promotion councils? (tick them)

a. The Handloom Export Promotion Council. b. The Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council. c. Apparel Export Promotion Council. d. Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council. e. Others

18. Rank the followings: a) Strengths Good raw material base Skilled and cheap labours Strong private finance Well connected to ports Good communication facility Dynamic entrepreneurs Favorable schemes Export Environment

b) Weakness Unorganized industry Unskilled labours Lower productivity Scarcity of water Low technical expertise Power cuts Global competition

c) Opportunities Abundant availability of raw materials Unrecognized markets Growing market demand Skilled labours at low cost Strong presence of related and supporting industries Favorable policy initiatives

d) Threats Lack of modernization Pollution problems Lack of scientific management Fast depletion of water source Lack of linkage between SMEs Competition from other countries Changing political environments - overseas

19. Suggestions: a) Export environment _______________________________________________________________________ b) Schemes and policies _________________________________________________________________ c) Promotion councils __________________________________________________________________ d) Others

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