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Section 14

Home textiles (bed, bath, kitchen and table linen)

India’s exports: 6,696.92 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 TEXPROCIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Start with made-ups (towels, kitchen linen, cushion covers) in small lots for importers and online sellers abroad.
  4. Exhibit at Heimtextil or Indian fairs run by the councils to meet buyers.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States1,152.8 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. United Kingdom91.66 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Australia90.39 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Germany69.79 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Canada59.5 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • TEXPROCIL RCMC (handloom items through HEPC)
  • OEKO-TEX Standard 100; GOTS for organic cotton
  • Social compliance audit for retail chains

Watch out for

  • Exports lean heavily on the US; tariff changes there move orders to competing countries.
  • Colour-fastness and shrinkage failures cause claims; test every lot.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Towel Manufacturing →Bed Linen Stitching Unit (Bed Sheets and Pillow Covers) →Textile Made-Ups (Napkins, Mats, Aprons) →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "P8, COTTON FABRICS, MADEUPS ETC."
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 6302, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023