NITMA urges to raise custom duty on man-made yarns by 10% in upcoming Union Budget IANSJan 24, 2021, 16:09 IST New Delhi, The Northern India Textile Mills' Association (NITMA) has urged the government to raise customs duty on man-made yarns to 10% in the upcoming Union Budget. According to the industry body, monthly average imports of Virgin Polyester Spun Yarn have increased manifold from 2015 to 2020. Imports from Vietnam alone have increased over 100 times, as per NITMA. Advertisement Sanjay Garg, President of NITMA said that representations regarding the import concerns have been sent to the ministries of finance and textiles. He noted that the man-made yarn sector is one of the largest employment-generating segments within the textile industry and is highly capital and labour-intensive industry as well.