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Most of the medium- and smalllevel apparel exporters of India have their businesses with smalland medium-level buyers who are across the globe . And these kinds of buyers don ’ t have their offices or even staffs / agents in India . Their order confirmation is mainly dependant on their visit and one-o-one meetings . For the last few months , the increasing security issues are further limiting their travel to India , as some of the exporters feel so . Even those who are not limiting their travel are scared because of such security alerts . Apart from this , increasing number of sourcing events around the world is also something that is forcing them to travel less .
“ There is still some fear as one of my UK-based buyers asked me about the recent high alert at
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the Delhi airport . I assured him that conditions are safe here . I hope , he will visit this time ,” told Uday Sehgal , Director , Marico , Noida , optimistically . The thing which assures the overseas buyers is that India is much safer as compared to many European |
countries . For example , London had a recent terrorist attack ( in the first week of June 2017 ).
“ Few years ago , women buyers were concerned , especially about issues like molestation , but now overall things seem to have improved . Buyers normally
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According to market estimates wholesalers / importers who are private label owners , account for around 60 per cent of buying from India .
come during fairs so that they can attend the fairs and also complete their due meetings and factory visits at the same time rather than conducting separate trips for these purposes ,” said Shibu Mathew , Partner , Karur Export Company , Karur .
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