§1What this business is

Hanks of sorted coir yarn are loosened and loaded into a carrier, dyed in a stainless steel tub heated by thermic fluid (entered at 50 °C, then boiled for 45 minutes to an hour), cooled in the bath, rinsed, spun dry in a hydro-extractor and dried on a conveyor drier with hot air. Mechanised dyeing gives even shades in large lots for mat and matting makers.

Capacity: 1.5 tonnes a shift, 1 shift, 300 days = 450 tonnes a year; year 1 at 70%.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone in a coir weaving cluster with buyers among mat and matting makers.

Who it is not for

Someone who cannot handle effluent treatment and pollution-board rules.

Advantages

  • Coloured yarn opens higher-value mat and matting markets
  • Even shades in large lots
  • Small staff
  • Serves many weaving units in a cluster

Drawbacks

  • Dye effluent must be treated
  • Thin margin on a large turnover (about 3% net)
  • Depends on orders from local mat makers
  • Dye, chemical and fuel costs

Skills you need

  • Dyeing and shade matching
  • Thermic-fluid heater and drier operation
  • Effluent handling
  • Selling to weaving units

Why difficulty 3/5: Simple equipment, but effluent rules and thin margins need care.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Coir mat and matting makers
  • Coir product exporters

How it sells

  • Job and supply orders from weaving units in the cluster

Good to know

  • The profile says dyeing is essential to widen markets and raise the appeal of coir products.
  • Dyed yarn sells at ₹62,000 a tonne in the profile.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
SS dye tub with thermic-fluid heating system, 200 kg tub1—
Hydro extractor, 2 HP1—
Drier, 5 HP1—
Weighing balance, chemical mixing tank, pipelines etc.1 lot—
Total machinery (all of the above)1 set₹15,99,000

From: Coir Board Project Profile — Automatic Coir Yarn Dyeing/Bleaching Unit (PMEGP) (2018)

  • Coir yarn₹45,000 a tonne
  • Dyes, chemicals and dye-bath assistant₹10,000 per tonne of yarn

From: Coir Board Project Profile — Automatic Coir Yarn Dyeing/Bleaching Unit (PMEGP) (2018)

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST
  3. Pollution control board consent to establish and operate (dye effluent; treatment may be required)
  4. Coir Board registration
  5. Fire NOC

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

₹25 L or less: inside PMEGP's ₹50 L manufacturing limit; CGTMSE for collateral-free credit; MUDRA up to ₹20 L; Stand-Up India for SC/ST and women. The Coir Board also runs support schemes for coir units — check its website.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Building ₹5.00 L + machinery ₹15.99 L (SS dye tub with thermic-fluid heating, 200 kg; 2 HP hydro extractor; 5 HP drier; weighing balance, chemical mixing tank, pipelines) + working capital ₹4.01 L = ₹25.00 L (term loan ₹19.94 L, working-capital loan ₹3.81 L, promoter 5% ₹1.25 L).

Working capital: Working-capital gap ₹4.01 L in year 1.

Profile prepared June 2018 — machinery costs will be higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

5308.10Coir yarn

Export council / board: Coir Board

  • HS codes are from the WCO HS 2022 list; confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Pollution-board action over dye effluent
  • Shade variation and returns
  • Yarn price rise
  • Few large buyers

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working coir yarn dyeing and bleaching unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

Not verified yet

Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect

§12Watch

There is no episode on this business yet. Shows are coming soon on the Podcast page.

Want to start Coir Yarn Dyeing and Bleaching?

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Sources

  1. Coir Board Project Profile — Automatic Coir Yarn Dyeing/Bleaching Unit (PMEGP) (2018)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.