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Tariff Windfall Tests Limits of India’s Apparel Factories

As US retailers shift orders from China and Bangladesh to capitalise on lower tariffs, apparel factories in India’s textile hub of Tiruppur are scrambling to meet demand and are held back by a deepening skilled labour shortage, cost pressures, and fragmented manufacturing capacity.
India's garment factories are operating at lower capacity as country battles deadly second wave. Shutterstock
US companies have for years been diversifying their supply chains beyond China amid geopolitical tensions. (Shutterstock)

In a garment hub in south India, R.K. Sivasubramaniam is fielding requests from

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