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Heading in chapter 52 — Cotton

Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or…

$191MIndia’s exports in 2025
89countries bought from India in 2025
2.3×change since 2013 ($84M)
3%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. Bangladesh
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Colombia
  4. South Africa
  5. Morocco
  6. Egypt
  7. Venezuela
  8. USA
  9. Guatemala
  10. United Kingdom

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

What's inside 5211

14 codes India exports
5211.42Denim$140M in 2025 — 73% of the total5211.39Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — other fabrics$13M in 2025 — 7% of the total5211.31Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — plain weave$11M in 2025 — 6% of the total5211.323-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$8.7M in 2025 — 5% of the total5211.123-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$5.3M in 2025 — 3% of the total5211.49Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — other fabricss$4.7M in 2025 — 2% of the total5211.20Bleached$2.9M in 2025 — 2% of the total5211.11Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — plain weave$2.6M in 2025 — 1% of the total5211.59Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — other fabrics$1.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5211.41Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — plain weave$740K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5211.43Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — other fabricss of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$610K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5211.19Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — other fabrics$210K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5211.523-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill$150K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5211.51Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or… — plain weave$120K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 52