KOLKATA: Confederation of Indian Textile Industry ( CITI ) chairman Sanjay Jain on Saturday stated that the continuous rise of man made fibre (MMF) imports, especially after GST implementation , is deeply hurting the domestic textile industry He said that MMF is an important segment of the Indian textile and clothing industry and it has made substantial investment to enhance its capacity building to meet the desired target of US$ 350 billion market by 2025.Based on CITI analysis, Jain observed that there is an increase in imports of all the MMF products post GST, however, there is a substantial increase in imports of MMF yarn and apparel at 83% and 84%, respectively.The main reason for the same being the removal of CVD post GST, which overnight made imports 12% + cheaper. Import duty on fabrics and garments was subsequently increased by the government to control imports, hence the imports of fabrics has been relatively under control, but garments due to FTAs could not be controlled by this measure.Jain further pointed out that the polyester based products have the highest share in Indian MMF textiles. Imports of polyester yarn in India have increased by a CAGR of about 13% since 2014-15 to reach $ 95 million. in 2018-19. Indonesia is the biggest supplier of polyester yarn to India and imports from there have increased exponentially at a CAGR of 59% during the same period.