Surat: First regular business exhibition has been organized in Gujarat after a prolong period of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown since March 2020. Surat International Textile Expo (SITEX) was inaugurated by union textile minister Smriti Irani and minister of State in Centre Debashri Chaudhary. The exhibition has 110 stalls. It has been held at Sarsana absed Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre. by The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Southern Gujarat  trade and Development Centre. The stalls in this Expo showcase airjet looms, water jet looms, rapier looms, electronic jacquard, dobi machine, printing machinery, various printing inks, sewing machines, heat transfer machines, hot fix machines, TFO and lot more.