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(1)Wills and Co. Com.
(2) http. www. brod. trico. com.
(3) http: www. Danube, hu/jersey. htm.
(4) http/www/unido.Org.
(5) http/www/Cibiexports.Com.
(6) www. fashionz.co.nz/ (7)The book "Knitted Clothing Technology"

written by Terry Barackenbury.

(ix) Quality of the garments has to be ensured right from the knitting stage if the exporters have to compete in the international market and export their products. In this regard a copy of the "garments defects classifications list" drafted by one of the buyers of knitting garments from one of the appellants in the present case was filed. Based on the defects list, the manufacturer of the garments is to ensure that the final product made is free from the defects enumerated in the list. The defects referred in the list begin with the knitting operations and various stages of the production of the garments.

11. These two judgments coupled with the other judgments given by the High Court at Mumbai and this Tribunal referred to by the appellants reveal that the manufacturing process need not be single operation involving one simple process. There may be many such processes and in each process the original material may undergo change. These processes may be so integral that it will be commercially inexpedient to manufacture without going through that process. It was extensively argued that in the present case, it is not possible to export garments by buying fabric or processed fabric from markets. The production quality starts with knitting of fabrics itself and from the step of knitting all the processes have to be closely monitored till such time garments are ready for packing. The appellants have referred to the various advertisements appearing in the websites. In the websites http/www/Danube it is stated that high quality fabric for the tubular knitting bodies of the "T" shirts is provided by their state of art Tubular knitting machines. It is also stated that only reactive Dye agents are used in the manufacturing process to have strict quality standards. This further to the process of shrinkage control by compacting to ensure expected specifications. In the website of Brod trico the machines used in the production process of knitwear include flat bed Knitting machines, circular knitting machines, winding machines, pressing machines, label machines, cutting machines, sewing machines and drying machines. From the book "Knitted Clothing Technology" submitted by the appellants it is clear that Knitting is the basic process in the production of knitting garments. At the introduction page it is stated "Knitting is one of the most important processes for producing garments." It further states that "the industries dealing with the production of knitted garments remain separate from those dealing with woven garments." Thus any segregation between fabric production and garment making that may be noticed in woven garment industry will not be relevant here. At page 12 of the above book the production sequence of fully cut garments is shown. The same is reproduced below for the purpose of clarity: