Swine flu keeping textile buyers away from visiting Surat

Due to the outbreak of swine flu, textile buyers are refraining to visit Surat. This has resulted in 50 per cent dip in trading of fabrics, including saris and dress materials. Savarmal Budhia, President of Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (Fostta) has said that buyers from other cities are afraid to visit the city as there have been over 280 deaths due to swine flu across Gujarat. The wholesale trading of fabrics in the markets has stopped. Traders anticipate the demand to increase only after March 20 with the start of summer season.