Building BusinessServices

Section 14

Glass and glassware

India’s exports: 1,184.02 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
3
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 CAPEXIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Mouth-blown decorative glass, lamps and beads suit small units; mass tableware needs automatic plants.
  4. Invest in export-grade packing; breakage claims are the biggest risk.

Top buyer countries

  1. United Arab Emirates11.66 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. United States11.47 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Bangladesh5.97 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Thailand2.44 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Nepal2.01 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CAPEXIL RCMC (glass and glassware panel)
  • Lead and cadmium migration tests for food-contact glassware (US FDA, California Prop 65, EU)
  • Drop and packing tests for transit

Watch out for

  • Natural gas supply and price rules in Firozabad affect cost.
  • Painted glass must pass lead and cadmium limits.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Decorative Glassware →Mouth-Blown Glass Hollowware →Glass Bangles Making →Glass Bowl Making →

Sources (4)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "J6, GLASS AND GLASSWARE"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 7013, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. CAPEXIL — Panel-wise top 10 export destinations 2024-25 (panels: natural stones, ceramics, glass, paper, rubber) · 2025
  4. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023