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Man-made staple fibres

$1.6BIndia’s exports in 2025
152countries bought from India in 2025
0.7×change since 2013 ($2.2B)
$986MIndia also imported in 2025

India’s exports, year by year

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

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Türkiye
  2. Bangladesh
  3. USA
  4. Egypt
  5. United Arab Emirates
  6. Nepal
  7. Brazil
  8. Sri Lanka
  9. Italy
  10. Kenya

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

Headings in this chapter

16 codes India exports
5509Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale$426M in 2025 — 27% of the total5515Other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres$413M in 2025 — 26% of the total5503Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning$240M in 2025 — 15% of the total5504Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning$132M in 2025 — 8% of the total5510Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for retail sale$91M in 2025 — 6% of the total5516Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres$66M in 2025 — 4% of the total5513Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such…$48M in 2025 — 3% of the total5514Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such…$43M in 2025 — 3% of the total5511Yarn$42M in 2025 — 3% of the total5512Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic…$42M in 2025 — 3% of the total5501Synthetic filament tow$6.4M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5505Waste$6.0M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5508Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres$5.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5506Synthetic staple fibres, carded combed or otherwise processed for spinning$3.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5502Artificial filament tow$1.2M in 2024 — under 1% of the total5507Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning$90K in 2025 — under 1% of the total