Textile Delegation visits Colombia

Textile Delegation visits Colombia
        
A delegation organised by the Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) of India, consisting of 6 companies engaged in export of cotton yarn and textile, visited Bogota 23-24 June, 2008.
        
The delegation comprised six companies – Lahoti Overseas Ltd., Loyal Textile Mills, Maral Overseas Ltd, Sundaram Textiles Ltd, Ginni Filaments, Nagreeka Exports Ltd – of high level manufacturers and exporters of cotton yarn textiles and related products.
        
The Embassy of India, in collaboration with the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, organized an event at the Corferias installations in Bogota on 23-24 June followed by buyer-seller meetings at which the delegation had extensive interaction with Colombian textile firms.
        
India is the third largest producer of cotton in the world and has an extensive textile industry.  This industry provides inputs such as cotton yarn, threads, and fabrics to the Colombian textile industry.

Press report El Espectador

Press report la República

 
El The Ambassador of India Mr. Deepak Bhojwani delivers a speech during the innauguration of the
buyer-seller meet at Corferias

From left to right: Mrs. María Fernanda Campo, President of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce;
Mr. Deepak Bhojwani, Ambassador of India and Mr. N. Ravindranathan, Director of Texprocil.

From left to right: Mrs. Sandra Salamanca from Andi; Mr. Deepak Bhojwani, Ambassador of India
to Colombia; Mr. N. Ravindranathan, Director of Texprocil, Mr. Alejandro Echeverry from
Fabricato and Mr. Andrés Ortiz from the Embassy of India.