{"id":30115,"date":"2026-07-13T10:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/india-eu-fta-63-cotton-basket-could-cap-apparel-export-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:34:18","slug":"india-eu-fta-63-cotton-basket-could-cap-apparel-export-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/india-eu-fta-63-cotton-basket-could-cap-apparel-export-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"India-EU FTA: 63% cotton basket could cap apparel export gains"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\tZero duty, but not yet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

India and the EU concluded FTA negotiations on January *<\/span>*<\/span>, *<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>. The Indian government says textiles and clothing will receive zero-duty access across all tariff lines, removing duties of up to *<\/span>*<\/span> pe r cent. The agreement is not operational, however. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it should be signed by the end of *<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>, potentially allowing entry into force in *<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>*<\/span>.<\/p>\n

That timing matters because the industry\u2019s projected *<\/span>*<\/span>–*<\/span>*<\/span> per cent annual export growth, enough to double shipments in three to four years, remains an expectation, not a post-FTA result. Preferences will also depend on final product-specific rules of origin, a crucial issue for manufacturers using imported synthetic fabrics and specialist inputs.<\/p>\n

\tThe *<\/span>*<\/span>% cotton problem<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Zero duty, but not yet India and the EU concluded FTA negotiations on January **, ****. The Indian government says textiles and clothing will receive zero-duty access across all tariff lines, removing duties of up to ** pe r cent. The agreement is not operational, however. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}