Narendra Goenka appointed as chairman of AEPC

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Jan 18, 2022

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has appointed Narendra Goenka as its new chairman. Goenka will replace outgoing chairman, A Sakthivel.
 

Goenka was the vice-chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) before taking charge as the chairman and has been associated with the organisation for over two decades.
 
Commenting on the apparel exports, Goenka in a statement said, “We are witnessing a robust growth in apparel exports. Going by the export orders in hand, this positive trend will further accelerate in the last quarter.

“Apparel exports were 22 per cent up at $1.46 billion in December 2021 from $1.20 billion in December 2020. The same in the first nine months of this fiscal stood at $11.13 billion, 35 percent more than $8.22 billion in April-December 2020. The trend is getting stronger," he added.
 
AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India, under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles.