backward linkages

backward linkages
Thus,backward linkages from the apparel sector to the textile and even
fiber sectors are well developed.India’s domestic raw material and textile
base is significant and only topped by China.India is the secondlargest
producer of cotton (23 percent of world market),the largest
producers of jute (63 percent),the fifth-largest producer of synthetic
fiber and yarn (6.5 percent),and number nine in wool production (2 percent)
(IFPRI 2008).Backward linkages are reflected in the low import
intensity of India’s apparel exports,which accounted for barely 2 percent
in the early 2000s (Tewari 2005).At present,90 percent of apparel made
in India (including domestic and export sales) employs local fabric (Tewari
2008).