© JAN 2019 | IRE Journals | Volume 2 Issue 7 | ISSN: 2456-8880 IRE 1700907 ICONIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING JOURNALS 117 A Study on Performance of Child Wear Garment Exporters with Special Reference to Tirupur District T. SHENBHAGAVADIVU 1 1 Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore Abstract -- This research was conducted to investigate the performance of childwear garment exporters in tirupur. This paper aims to attempts out the market potential and opinion about the indian market for export of garments in tirupur. 50 exporters were invited to participate in the questionnaire survey. A cross sectional study was used to trace out the level of satisfaction and the problem faced by exporters regarding child wear exporters. Descriptive analysis, chisquare and gratt ranking analysis were employed to analyse the data. This information was represented in the form of tables and charts with suitable interpretation Indexed Terms: Childwear, Performance, Level of Satisfaction, Demographics, Textile Industry I. INTRODUCTION India is the world’s second largest producer of textiles and garments after china. It is the world’s third largest producer of cotton after china and the usa and the second largest cotton consumer after china. The textile and garment industry in india is one of the oldest manufacturing sectors in the country and is currently its largest. 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 country total export earning and 4 percent to the gross domestic product. India is a major exporter of fabrics and accessories for the global fashion industry. The textile and garment industry fulfils a pivotal role in the indian economy. It is a major foreign exchange earner and, after agriculture, it is the largest employer with a total workforce of 35 mn. II. GARMENT INDUSTRY The garment industry in india is betting on technology as one of the major growth factors for the industry. The indian apparel industry, which took off in the mid 60s, is worth around $15 billion now. The growth over the years has been significant, and technology does have a role to play in that. In fact, the industry has evolved gradually in terms of technology adoption and has reached a critical mass today. There are more than a thousand garment manufacturing units in the country today, out of which less than 200 are big players while the rest are in the small and medium enterprises (sme) segment. One of the major restrictions in terms of using technology is the huge initial investment. III. INDIA’S MAJOR COMPETITORS IN THE WORLD To understand India’s position among other textile producing the industry contributes 9% of GDP and 35% of foreign exchange earnings, India’s share in global exports is only 3% compared to Chinas 13.75% percent. In addition to china, other developing countries are emerging as serious competitive threats to India. Looking at export shares, korea (6%) and taiwan (5.5%) are ahead of India, while turkey (2.9%) has already caught up and others like thailand (2.3%) and indonesia (2%) are not much further behind. The reason for this development is the fact that India lags behind these countries in investment levels, technology, quality and logistics. If India were competitive in some key segments it could serve as a basis for building a modern industry, but there is no evidence of such signs, except to some extent in the spinning industry.