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Heading in chapter 52 — Cotton

Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more…

$1.3BIndia’s exports in 2025
157countries bought from India in 2025
1.3×change since 2013 ($980M)
21%of chapter 52 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Nigeria
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Senegal
  5. United Arab Emirates
  6. Rep. of Korea
  7. Ghana
  8. Thailand
  9. Nepal
  10. USA

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 5208

19 codes India exports
5208.52Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2$411M in 2025 — 33% of the total5208.51Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2$155M in 2025 — 12% of the total5208.32Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2$125M in 2025 — 10% of the total5208.12Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2$110M in 2025 — 9% of the total5208.11Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2$81M in 2025 — 6% of the total5208.31Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2$75M in 2025 — 6% of the total5208.42Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2$61M in 2025 — 5% of the total5208.59Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — other fabricss$45M in 2025 — 4% of the total5208.21Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2$40M in 2025 — 3% of the total5208.433-thread or 4 thread twill, including cross twill$39M in 2025 — 3% of the total5208.333-thread or 4 thread twill, including cross twill$20M in 2025 — 2% of the total5208.19Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — other fabrics$19M in 2025 — 2% of the total5208.22Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2$18M in 2025 — 1% of the total5208.49Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — other fabrics$16M in 2025 — 1% of the total5208.39Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — other fabricss$15M in 2025 — 1% of the total5208.133-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$12M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5208.29Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — other fabrics$8.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5208.233-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$4.3M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5208.41Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more… — plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2$2.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 52