Approximately 31 percent of India's textiles and garments exports are to the US, which constitute about four percent of America's garment imports.

'Between January-June 2009, the total textiles import by US was $37.54 billion, of which apparels were $28.9 billion, and India's total export of textiles and clothing in the same period was $2.43 billion, of which apparel is $1.59 billion,' Maran said.