THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
610. Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:
(a) Which companies have been recipients of (i) grants or (ii)
assistance in terms of the Clothing and Textile Competitiveness
Improvement Programme since its inception and in each case, (b) what
was the scale of the (i) grant or (ii) assistance?NW768E
RESPONSE:
The Industrial Development Corporation Clothing and Textiles
Competitiveness Programme Desk are responsible for the administration
of the programme on behalf of the dti. The programme is divided into
two main sub programmesnamely the Competitiveness Improvement
Programme (CIP) and the Production Incentive Programme (PIP). The CIP
was launched in 2009 whilst the PIP came into effect in 2010.
CIP has had a total of 33 project approvals valued at R 365 645 478.3
and the sector spread is as follows:-
⢠Clothing 17 approvals valued at R 155 633 525.1
⢠Textiles 10 approvals valued at R 46 968 528
⢠Footwear 4 approvals valued at R 161 699 133.2
⢠Leather Goods 2 approvals valued at R 134 4699 133.2
Of the 33 projects approved, 12 were cluster level transactions and
the remaining 21 were company level transactions.
PIP has had a total of 470 companyapplications approved to the value
of R 1 320 085 186 and the sector spread is as follows:-
⢠Clothing 158 companies valued at R 315 889 235
⢠Textiles 222 companies valued at R 781 609 562
⢠Footwear 68 companies valued at R 185 908 362
⢠Leather 11 companies valued at R 24 590 457
⢠Leather Goods 11 companies valued at R 7 989 341