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	Textile Industry in India

Item	Unit	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99	1999-2000
Cotton/ Man-Made Fibre	No.	1569	1719	1782	1824	1850
Textile Mills
Spinning Mills (N0n-SSI)	No.	1294	1438	1504	1543	1566
Composite Mills (Non-SSI)	No.	275	281	278	281	284
Spinning Mills (SSI)	No.	750	795	861	901	920
Exclusive Weaving Mills (Non-SSI)	No.	172	176	187	199	200
Powerloom Units (Year end)	No.	333017	349380	357943	393202	400000
Capacity Installed
Spindles (SSI + Non SSI)	Million No	31.75	34.59	35.39	36.67	37
Rotors (SSI + Non SSI)	Thousand No.	226	300	339	434	450
Looms (Organised Sector)	Thousand No.	148	140	140	140	140
Powerloom (Year end)	Thousand No.	1412	1523	1595	1620	1650
Handloom	Thousand No.	3891	3891	3891	3891	3891
Man-Made Fibres	Million Kg	602	792	1008	1064	1225
Man-made Filament	Million Kg	620	680	888	1033	1188
Worsted Spindles (Woollen)	Thousand No.	518	518	563	575	583
Non-Worsted Spindles (Woolen)	Thousand No.	317	317	406	412	417

Production of Fibres
Raw Cotton *	Lakh bales	170.2	177.9	158	163	175
Manmade Fibre	Million Kg	498	588	708	782	848
Raw Wool	Million Kg	41.41	43.29	44.74	45.46	46
Raw Silk	Million Kg	13.91	14.13	15.24	15.54	15.84

Production of Yarn
Cotton Yarn	Million Kg	1894	2148	2213	2022	2205
Other Spun Yarn	Million Kg	591	646	760	786	815
Manmade Filament Yarn	Million Kg	493	602	769	850	861

Fabric Production
Cotton	Million Sr.Mtr.	18900	19841	19992	17948	18390
Blended	Million Sr.Mtr.	4025	4888	5751	5700	5624
100% Non-Cotton (Including Khadi, Wool & Silk)	Million Sr.Mtr.	9033	10109	11698	12454	14420
TOTAL		31958	34838	37441	36102	38434

Per Capita availability of Cloth	Sr.Mtr.	27.99	29.3	30.92	28.19	30.55

Production of Textile Machinery	Million US $	450.95	365.39	404.29	269.94	223.9

Textile Exports & Imports
Exports (Including Jute, Coir & Handicraft)	Million US $	10676	11839	12342	12559	13325
Imports	Million US $	952	765	824	840	1052

Source: 1. Textiles Commisioner Office
2. Export Promotion Councils

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