After having failed to achieve $5.7 billion export target of fabrics and readymade garments in 2005-06, the exporters are gearing up to fetch anywhere from $6 billion to $6.5 billion in the current fiscal year.

Figures for the last fiscal year shows that fabrics and readymade garment exports could fetch a little more than $5 billion which is slightly more than $4.7 billion earned from exports the previous year.

Textile exporters are pinning hopes on an expected bumper cotton crop, a fabrics and the vigorous marketing drive in the USA, EU, African, South American and Far Eastern countries.