The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) warmly welcomes the restoration of rates under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme with effect from February 23, 2026, to March 31, 2026, for all eligible export products.
Along with other industry bodies, CITI had sought an immediate restoration of the rates since exporters had booked orders keeping the RoDTEP scheme mechanisms in mind, and a sudden halving of the rates could have had a severe detrimental effect on their margins. Policy predictability is also essential to raise global competitiveness.
“CITI conveys its deep appreciation to the authorities for restoring the RoDTEP rates to what they were earlier, as it was a need of the hour,” CITI Chairman Shri Ashwin Chandran said.
“Coming on the back of the RELIEF Scheme announced last week, this decision demonstrates that the Government is deeply sensitive to the challenges faced by exporters in the current volatile global environment,” Shri Chandran added.
The CITI Chairman said textile and apparel exporters typically operate under narrow margins. The restoration of the RoDTEP rates will, thus, relieve some of the pressure on margins faced by exporters in this arena.
India’s textile and apparel industry has already been adversely impacted by the turbulence in West Asia, with raw material availability, supply chains and industrial energy requirements being affected. West Asia accounts for a significant portion of India’s textile and apparel exports.
The UAE, particularly, is one of the largest markets for Indian textile and apparel exporters in West Asia. In 2024, the UAE was the 4th-largest market for India’s textile and apparel exports, after the US, the EU, and Bangladesh.
The textiles and apparel sector is the second-biggest generator of jobs in India and a major contributor to the national GDP and exports. India aims to more than double textile and apparel exports to $100 billion by 2030.
India’s textiles and apparel exports had been severely impacted in the second half of 2025 due to the steep 50% US tariff on Indian goods, which was in place from late August 2025 till early February 2026.
