May 18, 2025 12:40 am
The market has 1,300 textile trading shops
March 02, 2025 4:35 am
The first instance of fire was reported on the premises on Tuesday. On Wednesday, fresh blaze erupted in the market and continued till the next afternoon
June 07, 2024 8:22 pm
At the protest, held in front of the FOSTTA office at Millennium Market on Ring Road, the traders said they have lost 10 days of business and are also facing problems in submitting GST.
April 01, 2023 11:35 pm
On March 13, SGCCI and the Federation of Gujarat Weavers Association (FOGWA) had called on Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways Darshana Jardosh in Delhi requesting to extend the date of implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCO) on various polyester yarns by nine months.
November 28, 2022 3:36 am
Traders who work hard and earn money are been treated as thieves and tax defaulters, he said.
May 29, 2022 12:16 am
Personnel from Salabatpura police station in Surat have started contacting the presidents of different textile markets to collect details of all textile traders, who have submitted copies of their rent agreement to them.
April 20, 2021 10:03 am
While suggestion to impose lockdown came up during an online meeting of office-bearers of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday evening, the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) wrote to the CM seeking a complete lockdown.
February 01, 2021 9:00 pm
Referring to the hike in the import duty on synthetic diamonds, Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) president Dinesh Navadia said, “Such industry would in the coming time period flourish in Surat and India, and this will also boost gems and jewellery industry.”
June 04, 2020 6:05 am
Even as wholesale textile shops in various markets of Surat have opened after more than two months of Covid-19 lockdown, the owners said they are facing labour shortage and took up the issue with FOSTTA members.
September 30, 2017 7:45 am
Since the implementation of the GST, traders said that the daily production of cloth in powerlooms in Surat has reduced from 4 crore metre of grey cloth to 3 crore metre.




