The country’s textiles exports dipped by about 4.5 per cent to $26 billion during April-December of this fiscal. “The exports of textiles during 2016-17 (April-December) were $26 billion compared to $27.2 billion during 2015-16 (April-December),” Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta said today in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

He also said that during the three quarters of this fiscal, the total production of man-made fibre stood at 1,037 million kg while spun yarn production was 4,254 million kg.

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