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Section 14

Dyes and pigments

India’s exports: 2,189.85 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
2
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with CHEMEXCIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Reactive, disperse and acid dyes for textile mills in Bangladesh, Türkiye and other garment hubs are the main market.
  4. Offer shade cards and lab-dip support; buyers judge on consistency.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States191 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. China184.2 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Bangladesh165.99 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Türkiye145.42 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Italy98.17 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CHEMEXCIL RCMC
  • EU REACH registration for listed volumes
  • ZDHC MRSL conformance asked by textile brands

Watch out for

  • Effluent rules in Gujarat clusters can stop production.
  • Raw material intermediates often come from China; supply shocks raise costs.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Red Iron Oxide Pigment →Sulphur Black Dye →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "H7, DYES"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 3204, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023