Stitching India's Apparel Export Strategy: Lessons from China, Bangladesh and Vietnam

Sulakshana Rao (), Ashok Gulati (), Ayushi Gupta () and Riya Jain ()
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Abstract: This report analyses the global apparel competitiveness across China, Bangladesh and Vietnam through five pillars of competitiveness (scale and capacity, capital, labour, trade facilitation and institutional mechanisms). China's rise is driven by vertically integrated mega-clusters and predictable fiscal-financial systems; Bangladesh leveraged liquidity instruments such as back-to-back letter of credit and bonded warehouses to compress lead times; and Vietnam combined FDI-driven industrial parks with FTA access. By synthesising international experience with India’s structural realities, this report outlines a practical pathway for accelerating these reforms and repositioning India as a scale-driven, fibre-diverse, digitally enabled and women-inclusive global sourcing hub.

Keywords: agri-market; Apparel export; Global Competitiveness; Kotak-Karma; icrier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 159 page
Date: 2026-03
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