§1What this business is

Mulberry wood blades are cut on a bandsaw, steam-bent on a bending machine, shaped on a wood lathe, joined to the handle, reinforced with fibreglass and cotton fabric, wrapped with thread and painted. UP and Punjab are the main centres because good mulberry grows along canals and roads there. Buyers are sports-goods dealers, schools, academies and exporters.

Capacity: 130 sticks a day on a 10-hour shift; year 1 at 50%.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A woodworker or sports-goods trader near Meerut, Jalandhar or other sports clusters.

Who it is not for

Someone without access to good mulberry wood or sports-goods buyers.

Advantages

  • Low machinery cost (₹5 L)
  • Traditional cluster skills in UP and Punjab
  • Export market exists, as the report notes
  • Can add other wooden sports goods later

Drawbacks

  • Good mulberry wood is limited; silkworm mulberry does not work
  • Composite (carbon) sticks are taking the top end of the market
  • Seasonal school and tournament demand
  • Brand names matter to players

Skills you need

  • Wood selection and seasoning
  • Steam bending and shaping
  • Finishing and painting
  • Dealer and export sales

Why difficulty 2/5: Simple machines and craft skills; wood supply and buyers matter most.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Sports-goods dealers and shops
  • Schools, colleges and hockey academies
  • Sports-goods exporters

How it sells

  • Dealers in sports clusters
  • Direct supply to institutions
  • Export through merchant exporters

Good to know

  • The report puts hockey-stick exports at about ₹6.25 crore a year.
  • It names UP and Punjab as the main production centres.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Bending machine1₹3,20,000
Bandsaw machine1₹1,20,000
Wood lathe1₹30,000
Other tools and equipmentlot₹30,000

From: PMEGP sample project report — Hockey Sticks (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Mulberry woodfrom canal-bank and roadside trees in Punjab, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal; silkworm mulberry is not suitable
  • Cane (for handles)available from Andaman and Nicobar, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa
  • Fibreglass, adhesive, cotton fabric, threadreinforcement and grip
  • DUCO paint and packing materialfinishing and packing

From: PMEGP sample project report — Hockey Sticks (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam
  2. GST
  3. IEC for direct export
  4. Trademark (optional)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

₹9.79 L project fits PMEGP, MUDRA and CGTMSE; a smaller start can fit CM-YUVA in UP (up to ₹5 L).

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Report cost of project ₹9.79 L: plant & machinery ₹5.00 L, furniture ₹1.00 L, working capital ₹3.79 L; premises own or rented. Finance: term loan ₹5.40 L, own ₹0.98 L, working-capital loan ₹3.41 L.

Working capital: Working capital ₹3.79 L (bank ₹3.41 L) — 15 days of wood and finished sticks.

Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

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

9506Articles and equipment for sports and outdoor games

Export council / board: SGEPC (Sports Goods Export Promotion Council)

  • Check the exact 8-digit code for hockey sticks in the DGFT ITC-HS list.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Wood shortage or poor-quality wood
  • Shift to composite sticks
  • Price competition in the cluster
  • Cracks and returns

§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 hockey stick manufacturing 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, 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

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

§12Watch

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Hockey Sticks (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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