Dubai, 14 November 2024: A roadshow that was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 12, 2024, effectively marketed the global textile event Bharat Tex 2025. The event’s primary goal was to raise awareness of the numerous prospects and reaffirm India’s standing as a major global textile powerhouse with enormous potential in innovation, technology, and sustainable practices. The roadshow emphasized the benefits of expanding India-UAE commerce under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which fortifies the standing and connections of the Indian textile industry in the GCC.
The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) is one of the Textile Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) organizing Bharat Tex 2025, with assistance from the Indian government’s Ministry of Textiles. The massive event is scheduled to happen at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida from February 12 to 15, 2025, and at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from February 14 to 17.
Industry professionals, producers, buyers, sellers, designers, and fans from all over the world come together on one platform for Bharat Tex 2025. Apparel, home furnishings and floor coverings, fibers, yarns, wool, threads, fabrics, carpets, silk, textile-based handicrafts, handloom, synthetic, rayon, and cotton textiles, jute, woolen garments, technical textiles, and machinery will all be on display at this biggest and most important extravaganza for the textile industry.
Welcoming UAE industry associates, Mr. Santosh Katariya, President, CMAI, the organisers of the roadshow said “Bharat Tex is not just an event but a testament to India’s commitment to becoming a global textile powerhouse. With innovation, collaboration, and the Make in India spirit at its core, this expo is the embodiment of India’s 5F vision – Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign, making products not just for India but for the entire world.”
Spanning 2,00,000 sq. mtrs., the exhibition will host over 5000 Exhibitors, 6000 international buyers and over 1,20,000 trade visitors are expected to visit the forthcoming edition. It is the biggest textile event at the global level, with exhibitors and buyers expected from over 120 countries.
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, DDG, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India during his keynote address highlighted “The expo is a unique platform to bring together leading players from the Indian and Global textiles sector, besides highlighting the numerous existing and emerging opportunities, robust infrastructure, attractive incentives, and other benefits available in India for global investors and buyers. It also represents a unique platform for global investors and buyers to explore India’s strengths as a global manufacturer and consumer market.”
A special address was also made by Smt. Swayamprava Pani, IES, Addl. Development Commissioner of Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles underlining Bharat Tex as a unique platform that brings together leading players from the Indian and Global textiles sector, besides highlighting the numerous existing and emerging opportunities, robust infrastructure, attractive incentives, and other benefits available in India for global investors and buyers.
While making a detailed presentation about the event, Mr. Rahul Mehta, Chief Mentor, CMAI asserted “The textiles and apparel industry in India is thriving across its entire value chain, from fibre to apparel. With a diverse range of products, including traditional handloom, handicrafts, wool, silk, and organized textile industry segments, the industry is highly segmented. As a capital-intensive industry, the organized textile sector is characterized by mass production, spinning, weaving, processing, and apparel manufacturing. Bharat Tex represents a unique platform for global investors and buyers to explore India’s strengths as a global manufacturer and consumer market.”
Mr. Shaleen Toshniwal, Vice Chairman, MATEXIL emphasised about the the importance of sourcing textiles at Bharat Tex and the opportunity to witness vast range of MSME’s from key manufacturing clusters like Ichalkaranji, Surat, Tiruppur, Noida and other hubs.
The roadshow supported by MATEXIL, WWEPC & HEPC attracted 150 attendees from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya, USA, South Africa and India. The event was concurrently held on the opening day of the second edition of Brands of India, a mega show of Indian Apparel Manufacturers being organised by CMAI at Dubai World trade Centre.
