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Heading in chapter 55 — Man-made staple fibres

Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning

$240MIndia’s exports in 2025
77countries bought from India in 2025
0.6×change since 2013 ($378M)
15%of chapter 55 exports

India’s exports, year by year

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

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Nepal
  2. USA
  3. Türkiye
  4. Egypt
  5. Belgium
  6. Spain
  7. Mexico
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Germany
  10. Peru

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

What's inside 5503

6 codes India exports
5503.20Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning — of polyesters$225M in 2025 — 94% of the total5503.40Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning — of polypropylene$11M in 2025 — 5% of the total5503.30Acrylic or modacrylic$2.8M in 2025 — 1% of the total5503.11Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning — of nylon or other polyamides: Of aramids$660K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5503.90Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning — other types$130K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5503.19Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning — of nylon or other polyamides: Other$100K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 55

5509Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale$426M in 20255515Other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres$413M in 20255504Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning$132M in 20255510Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for retail sale$91M in 20255516Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres$66M in 20255513Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such…$48M in 20255514Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such…$43M in 20255511Yarn$42M in 20255512Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic…$42M in 20255501Synthetic filament tow$6.4M in 20255505Waste$6.0M in 20255508Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres$5.5M in 2025