The global textile industry impacts nearly every human being on the planet.

The industry is
currently worth nearly US $3 trillion and includes the production, refinement, and sale of both
synthetic and natural fibers used in thousands of industries. The global textile market is broken into a
number of sectors shown in the chart below.

As you can see, the textile industry encompasses a broad and diverse range of products with an
even wider range of applications. That diversity is one of many factors that makes the textile industry
one of the most vital to the economic well-being of people all over the world.

The Indian textile industry has a significant presence in the economy as well as in the international textile
economy. Its contribution to the Indian economy is manifested in terms of its contribution to the industrial
production, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. It contributes 20 percent of industrial
production, 9 percent of excise collections, 18 percent of employment in the industrial sector, nearly 20
percent to the countrys total export earning and 4 percent to the Gross Domestic Product.