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India’s textile and apparel exports, including handicrafts, increased from ₹2,97,004 crore in 2023–24 to ₹3,25,339 crore in 2025–26, registering a CAGR growth of 4.7% during the period.
India's textile & apparel including Handicrafts exports (value in Rs. Cr)
Sl No.
Main Commodity
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
1
READYMADE GARMENTS
120305
135428
139350
2
COTTON TEXTILES
101495
104064
102427
3
MAN-MADE TEXTILES
42059
44788
46254
4
CARPETS
11553
13037
12887
5
JUTE PRODUCTS
2925
3385
3381
6
SILK PRODUCTS
988
1370
2262
7
WOOL & WOOLEN TEXTILES
1593
1355
1566
8
HANDLOOM PRODUCTS
1162
1201
1359
India's textile & apparel exports
282079
304628
309484
9
HANDCRFS (EXCL.HANDMADE CRPTS)
14925
14945
15855
India's textile & apparel including Handicrafts exports
297004
319573
325339
Source: DGCIS, Provisional data (Rounded Off)
Textile and apparel exports to major markets - The details of India’s exports of textiles and apparel, including handicrafts, to key markets are appended below.
India's textile & apparel including Handicrafts exports (value in Rs. Cr) /Country Wise
Sl No.
Country
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
1
U S A
83179
92571
85910
2
BANGLADESH
23340
27845
24445
3
UAE
16720
18252
20775
4
U K
16679
18287
19652
5
GERMANY
10937
12035
13200
6
NETHERLAND
7990
10190
10461
7
SPAIN
7292
8373
9651
8
FRANCE
8079
8294
9074
9
ITALY
6471
6684
7407
10
SRI LANKA
5762
6919
6997
REST OF THE WORLD
110555
110124
117766
GRAND TOTAL
297004
319573
325339
Source: DGCIS, Provisional data (Rounded Off)
India’s exports of textiles and apparel, including handicrafts, registered growth in more than 100 countries in 2025–26 compared with 2024–25.
The Government regularly monitoring India’s export of Textile & Apparel and continues to work with all stakeholders including exporters and industry to mitigate the impact of any challenges and takes various measures to boost production and competitiveness of exports in the textile Sector.
The Government is implementing various schemes and initiatives to boost the Indian textile and apparel sector and enhance its competitiveness, and these measures are contributing to the growth of exports from the country. The major schemes/initiatives include PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme; Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme; National Technical Textiles Mission; SAMARTH – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector; Silk Samagra-2; National Handloom Development Programme; National Handicrafts Development Programme; Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme; Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Scheme; Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme; Export Promotion Mission (EPM), comprising NiryatProtsahan and NiryatDisha; and Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters (CGSE).
The Government has also adopted a focused export-promotion and market-diversification strategy covering 40 priority countries. The Sixteen Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which are in force, including the India–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); and the concluded FTAs with the European Union (EU) and New Zealand provide an opportunity for Indian textiles and apparel sector to enhance their exports and undertake market diversification.
The Government of India launched RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) on 19 March 2026 under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) to support exporters affected by disruptions arising from the West Asia/Middle East conflict and maritime challenges in the Gulf region.
Customs duty on imports of cotton falling under Chapter 5201 has been temporarily exempted from 1 June to 31 October 2026 to augment domestic availability. Further, the Government has approved the Mission for Cotton Productivity for the period 2026–27 to 2030–31 to address key bottlenecks, improve productivity growth, and resolve quality-related concerns in India’s cotton sector.
The Government has implemented the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Scheme since March 2019, to rebate all embedded State and Central taxes/levies on export of Apparel/Garments and Made-ups to provide support and enhance competitiveness of these sectors. Further, the recent extension of the scheme up to 30 September 2026 provides policy stability, strengthens competitiveness of Indian textile exports.
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
MAM/VN
(Lok Sabha US Q1434)
Official source
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Source attribution: Press Information Bureau, Government of India.