VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation (APCCIF) requested an integrated mega textile park for the state. AP Chambers president K.V.S. Prakash Rao and general secretary Potluri Bhaskara Rao, mentioning the Union Budget announcement of setting up seven mega textile parks, said AP is ranked seventh in terms of cotton production.
Prakash Rao and Bhaskara Rao said that the AP Chambers submitted a presentation on the matter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The duo said that the chambers highlighted the strengths of the state in the textile sector including the presence of a large number of spinning mills, availability of raw material and skilled manpower. As per current estimates, there are about 150 spinning mills in Andhra Pradesh, with a capacity of approximately 4 million spindles producing 2 million kgs of cotton yarn per day.
They explained that there are about 18,000 power looms of which about 9,000…