The key issues of the Management Discussion and Analysis are given
below.
1. Global Outlook:
The Textile Industry is expected to grow from USD 723 billion in 2023
to USD 859 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 3.52% during the forecast period (2023-2028).
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the textile industry drastically
in 2020. Asia, which is one of the largest markets for the textile industry in the world,
has suffered from the prolonged lockdowns and restrictions in the majority of Asian
countries along with the sudden drop in international demand for their products. The loss
was particularly high in countries where the textile industry accounted for a larger share
of the exports. According to the study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) the
global textile trade collapsed during the first half of 2020. Also, exports to the major
buying regions in the European Union, the United States, and Japan fell by around 70%. The
industry also suffered several supply chain disruptions due to the shortages of cotton and
other raw materials.
The textile industry is an ever-growing market, with key competitors
being China, the European Union, the United States, and India. China is the worlds
leading producer and exporter of both raw textiles and garments. The United States is the
leading producer and exporter of raw cotton, while also being the top importer of raw
textiles and garments. The textile industry of the European Union comprises Germany,
Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal at the forefront with a value of more than 1/5th
of the global textile industry.
India is the third-largest textile manufacturing industry and is
responsible for more than 6% of the total textile production, globally. The rapid
industrialization in the developed and developing countries and the evolving technology
are helping the textile industry to have modern installations which are capable of
high-efficient fabric production. These factors are helping the textile industry to record
more revenues during the study period and are expected to help the industry further in the
forecast period.
(source: https://www.mordorintelligence.com/)
2. Textile Industry & Market Growth in India:
The textile industry is one of the oldest business options in India
since the ancient age and the second largest employer in India.
India is the worlds second-largest producer of textiles and garments.
Both skilled labourers and unskilled officials are needed to run this business smoothly.
The products of the Indian textile industry with traditional designs and textures are very
popular all over the world. The Indian textile and apparel industry is highly diversified
with a wide range of segments ranging from products of traditional handloom, handicrafts,
wool, and silk products to the organized textile industry in India. The organized textile
industry in India is characterized by the use of capital intensive technology for the mass
production of textile products and includes spinning, weaving, processing, and apparel
manufacturing.
Market Size
Indias textiles industry has around 4.5 crore employed workers
including 30.50 lakh handloom workers across the country.
The textiles and apparel industry contribute 2.3% to the countrys GDP,
13% to industrial production and 12% to exports. Indias textile and apparel exports
(including handicrafts) stood at US$ 44.4 billion in FY22, a 41% increase YoY.
Total textile exports are expected to reach US$ 65 billion by FY26. The
Indian textile and apparel industry is expected to grow at 10% CAGR from 2019-20 to reach
US$ 190 billion by 2025-26. The Indian apparel market stood at US$ 40 billion in 2020 and
is expected to reach US$ 135 billion by 2025.
The size of Indias textile market stood at US$ 223 billion in 2021,
growing at a CAGR of 10.23% from 2016. The Indian textiles market is expected to be worth
>US$ 209 billion by 2029. Indias textile and apparel exports to the US, its single
largest market, stood at 27% of the total export value in FY22
Investment
Total FDI inflows in the textiles sector between April 2000 -March 2023
stood at US $ 4.2 billion.
In order to attract private equity (PE) and employee more people, the
government introduced various schemes such as the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks
(SITP), Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) and Mega Integrated Textile Region and
Apparel (MITRA) Park scheme.
Government Initiatives
The Indian Government has come up with several export promotion
policies for the textile sector. It has also allowed 100% FDI in the sector under the
automatic route.
Initiatives taken by the Government of India are:
• The Government of India has earmarked a corpus of Rs. 1,000
crore (US$ 127.72 million) dedicated to research and development of the technical textiles
sector. Out of this, Rs.133.83 crore (US$ 17.5 million) is for the Textile Cluster
Development Scheme, Rs. 100 crores (US$ 13.07 million) for the National Technical Textiles
Mission, and Rs. 15 crores (US$ 1.96 million) each for PM Mega Integrated Textile Region
and Apparel parks scheme and the PLI Scheme. The government allocated funds worth Rs.
17,822 crores (US$ 2.38 billion) between FY16-22 for the Amended Technology Up-gradation
Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), to boost the Indian textile industry and enable ease of doing
business. The policies and initiatives taken by the Government of India depict the faith
it is investing in the industry to explore and expand. India has the potential to increase
its capacity and the growth is visible, its time for the manufacturing of quality yarns
for garments for India and the world.
• Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SAMARTH) - To
address the skilled manpower requirement across textile sector, the scheme was formulated,
under the broad policy guidelines of "Skill India" initiative and in alignment
with the framework adopted for skilling programme by Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship. The scheme is approved for implementation till March, 2024.
• Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS): In order to
promote ease of doing business in the country to achieve the vision of generating
employment and promoting exports through "Make in India with "Zero effect and
Zero defect" in manufacturing, ATUFS was launched in January 2016 to provide credit
linked Capital Investment Subsidy (CIS) to units for purchase of benchmarked machinery in
different segment of Textile Sectors (excluding spinning). This scheme is effective up to
March, 2022
• National Technical Textile Mission: Creation of National
Technical Textiles Mission for a period of 4 years (2020-21 to 2023-24) was approved with
an outlay of Rs.1480 crore for developing usage of technical textiles in various flagship
missions, programmes of the country including strategic sectors.
• Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme - The PLI Scheme for
Textiles to promote production of MMF apparel, MMF Fabrics and Products of Technical
Textiles in the country to create 60-70 global players, attract fresh investment of Rs.
19,000 crore approximately and generate almost 7.5 lakh new employment opportunities.
• PM-MITRA: To attract investment for Make In India initiative
and to boost employment generation through setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated
Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites with world
class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs.4445 crore for
a period of seven years upto 2027-28.
• Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP): The scheme provides
support for creation of world-class infrastructure facilities for setting up of textile
units.
• Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS): In order to
facilitate the textile industry to meet the required environmental standards and to
support new Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP)/ up gradation of CEPTs in existing
processing clusters as well as new processing parks specially in the Coastal Zones.
• Special Package for Textile and Apparel sector: Rs. 6000 crore
package was launched in June 2016 to boost employment and export potential in the apparel
and made up segments.
• Various sectoral schemes to support traditional textile sectors
such as handlooms, handicraft, silk and jute.
Road Ahead
India is working on major initiatives to boost its technical textile
industry. There is tough competition from China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam for
exporting textile products in the global market. However, the Indian textile industry
still manages for a comeback even after the decline of the business in 2020 - 21.
India is projected to be the second most attractive market by 2025,
contributing up to US$ 121 billion, while China is projected to be the most attractive
market, contributing up to US$ 378 billion. In 2017-2018, India has one of the fastest-
growing economies, with a GDP growth rate of 7.2%. This increases the spending power of
the general population and stimulates demand for textile sector goods. This expansion
results in a vast array of manufacturing capacities for diverse items that may be shipped
both inside India and beyond.
In addition, India has one of the most diverse textile industries, with
hand-woven textiles on one end and capital-intensive mills on the other, resulting in a
vast range of possibilities within the textile industry.
To overcome the existing obstacles faced by the textile industry and
accomplish the anticipated worldwide market objective, Indias textile sector must make
several modifications and apply some new practices to increase its competitiveness. One of
the implementations to boost production includes a greater emphasis on technological
upgrades and weaving capacity expansion. Additionally, state governments should provide
clearance for effluent treatment facilities to elevate the commercial market in its
entirety.
The Indian textile sector would thrive to tremendous heights if both
the national and state governments provide adequate assistance to its small and
large-scale players. In addition to educating their staff to suit the changing needs of
the contemporary market, the Indian textile sector should also consider decreasing the
levies placed on government-subsidized exports.
Moreover, ensuring a sufficient supply of gas is crucial to the textile
industrys continued operation. The creation of capital subsidies, the provision of a
single point of contact for resolving industry issues, and the establishment of a set
price for yarn on an annual basis would facilitate the flow of labor and aid the nations
impoverished farmers.
With a rise in disposable income, the need for goods in the Indian
textile sector has expanded, resulting in enormous demand in both the local and foreign
markets. Consequently, Indias textile industry has a bright future due to the rapid
expansion of the retail sector, government assistance, and investments.
(source: www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. Our Business:
Our Company has created a distinct identity of its own in the
International business domain and mainly caters to European market i.e. Spain, Germany,
France, Netherlands, and UK. Our Company is a manufacturer and exporter in Scarves and
Beachwear. Our Company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of women and mens
apparels like scarves, shawls, sarongs, headband & bandanas and Beachwear garments in
all qualities like silk, viscose, cotton, polyester & wool and several blends. We also
entered in the ethnic wear category by developing trendy dupatt as at affordable prices
catering women who look for fashionable styles at affordable prices.
We are also gearing ourselves for manufacturing and trading of Indian
ethnic wears offering wide range of ethnic wears category by developing trendy dupattas
for women. Our Company believes that fashion is for all women and hence, took a challenge
to provide the affordable range of fashionable garments to the women in international and
domestic market. We have also entered into the Kids segment with our own domestic brand
Sand Kastle for Beachwear/Holiday wear garments, and fashion accessories. Our raw material
sourcing is from all over India thus sourcing provides a huge variety of fabrics and trims
at best possible prices thus keeping our costs low. We use modern machinery for our
manufacturing requirements, our Company has never shied away from purchasing any modern
equipment to maintain the high standards that we have set for ourselves. This enables us
to reduce the time spent in completing your order. With our own design team, we have
endeavoured to introduce new styles, fits, finishes. We have clean in house production
facilities like sewing, cutting, ironing, finishing, quality control, packing &
dispatch.
A major portion of our product is manufactured at our in-house factory
at Virar (Palghar). We manufacture products on make to order basis as per current fashion
forecast for several big brands in International & domestic markets. We serve our
customers through the channels of wholesale, retail and e-commerce in domestic market. We
are also registered as member exporter with Apparel Export Promotion Council.
We offer an extensive range of designs, colours, styles and patterns of
Indian ethnic wears offering wide range of ethnic wears like dupattas, best suited for
every occasion. With large number of different colours and styles, customers have a good
number of options. Right from the initial stage that involves the client preferences to
constructing the most desirable Collections, we ensure complete satisfaction to our
client. We not only develop styles as per international trends, but we also appreciate the
needs of each customer and hence we develop sample collections for customers according to
their needs. We make the garments according to customers preferences and demand.
Our focus is on maintaining relationship with big brands to get orders
at large scale to increase our business and revenue. Our Export production is on make to
order basis. We facilitate our clients with accessories/trims/packing as per their
requirement which include labels, tags, poly bags, cartons in qualities, sizes
&colours as per the requirement & their specification manuals.
Quality is of the paramount importance as it can essentially make or
break a brand. A failure to maintain quality standard can prove to be extremely
detrimental to the business of our Company. We give quality utmost priority at all stages
of production to ensure our customers are thoroughly satisfied. We have three levels of
quality checks in place to make sure that the requisite quality of the product is being
achieved at every stage of manufacture from raw materials to boxed stock. We constantly
endeavour to maintain and exceed customer expectations consistently in all aspects of
quality. Every order goes through careful quality inspection by our qualified checkers
during every stage of production until final dispatch. We believe our Companys edge over
its competitors is the value-price relationship, Superior Design collection, timely
delivery and efficient supply chain. We are synonymous with providing an all compassing
service i.e. Sourcing, Quality, Value and Reliability of supply as required by the client.
Our system incorporating numerous and varied suppliers give us that edge to stay one-step
ahead of our competitors in todays rapidly moving business market. We strive to offer
flexibility which suits your individual clients needs. Customer satisfaction is top
priority with Company as we believe in maintaining a regular client base which is proof
that our clients are issuing repeat orders and therefore are very satisfied with our
service.
We were established with a clear horizon and passion of serving the
fashion industry. We firmly believe in customer offering, customer centric approach,
standard product quality, ethical business practices with social compliance and corporate
governance.
Our Company is equipped with a dedicated team of creative people
(Fashion designers, Fashion Technologists, CAD Designers, Sketch and Paint Artists, and
Stylists) involved in fashion forecasting styles, patterns, fits and finishes to meet the
latest fashion trends.
Our capabilities have made us confident of efficiently fulfilling
customers requirements around the globe and set milestones in the global market. We thus
invite new business ventures and bulk orders and assure long lasting business relations
with the commitment of timely delivery of orders.
4. Risk Management:
The Company possesses a well-defined risk management framework. The
primary goal of risk management is to recognize, supervise and undertake preventative
steps with reference to incidents that may create risks for the business.
5. Internal control systems and their adequacy:
The Companys internal control system (including internal financial
control system) has been monitored continuously and updated to ensure that assets are
safeguarded, regulations established are complied with and pending issues are promptly
addressed. The reports presented by internal auditors are reviewed by the audit committee
on a routine basis. The committee makes note of the audit observations and takes
corrective actions, if necessary. The committee maintains constant dialogue with statutory
and internal auditors to make sure that internal control systems are operating
effectively.
6. Cautionary Statement:
The statements made in this section describe the Companys objectives,
projections, expectation and estimations which may be forward looking statements within
the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations
For SK International Export Limited
Mumbai
September 6, 2023
Sd/-
Hitesh S Sadh Managing Director DIN:03055331
Sd/-
Purti H Sadh Director DIN: 08228285
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer Certification
To,
The Board of Directors,
SK International Export Limited
Dear Members,
We, Hitesh S Sadh, Managing Director and Sneha S Parab,
Chief Financial Officer of SK International Export Limited, to the best of our
knowledge and belief, certify that:
1. We have reviewed the Financial Statements and Cash Flow Statement of
the Company and all notes on accounts and the Boards Report for the year ended March
31,2023.
2. These statements do not contain any materially untrue statement or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make statements made, in the light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report.
3. These statements together present a true and fair view of the
Companys affairs and are in compliance with existing Accounting Standards, applicable
laws and regulations.
4. There are, to the best of our knowledge and belief, no transactions
entered into by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2023, that are fraudulent,
illegal or violate the Companys Code of Conduct and Ethics.
5. We accept responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal
controls for financial reporting for the Company and we have -
• reviewed the effectiveness of internal control systems of the
Company pertaining to financial reporting.
• Deficiencies in the design or operation of such internal
controls, if any, of which we are aware, have been disclosed to the auditors and the Audit
Committee and steps have been taken to rectify these deficiencies.
6. We affirm that -
• There has not been any significant changes in internal control
over financial reporting during the year under reference.
• There has not been any significant change in accounting policies
during the year requiring disclosure in the notes to the financial statements.
• We are not aware of any instance during the year of significant
fraud with involvement therein of the management or any employee having a significant role
in the Companys internal control system over financial reporting.
7. We affirm that we have not denied any personnel access to the Audit
Committee of the Company and we have provided protection to the whistleblowers from unfair
termination and other unfair or prejudicial employment practices.
8. We further declare that all Board members have affirmed compliance
with Code of Conduct and Ethics for the year covered under this report.
By the order of the Board of Directors For SK International Export
Limited
Mumbai
September 6, 2023
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Hitesh S Sadh Managing Director DIN:03055331
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Sneha S Parab Chief Financial Officer
DECLARATION UNDER REGULATION 34(3) READ WITH SCHEDULE V OF SECURITIES
EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS,
2015 IN RESPECT OF COMPLIANCE WITH COMPANYS CODE OF CONDUCT
This is to confirm that the members of Board of Directors and Senior
Management Personnel of theCompany have affirmed compliance with the Code of Conduct of SK
International Export Limited, as applicable to them, for the Financial Year ended
March 31, 2023.
By the order of the Board of Directors For SK International Export
Limited
Sd/-
Hitesh S Sadh Managing Director DIN:03055331
Mumbai, September 6, 2023
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