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5509

Heading in chapter 55 — Man-made staple fibres

Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale

$426MIndia’s exports in 2025
109countries bought from India in 2025
0.7×change since 2013 ($573M)
27%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. Türkiye
  2. Brazil
  3. Egypt
  4. Kenya
  5. Morocco
  6. South Africa
  7. USA
  8. Portugal
  9. Colombia
  10. Mexico

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

What's inside 5509

18 codes India exports
5509.53Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of polyester staple fibres: Mixed mainly or solely with cotton$184M in 2025 — 43% of the total5509.51Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of polyester staple fibres: Mixed mainly or solely with artificial staple fibres$83M in 2025 — 19% of the total5509.22Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres: Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn$39M in 2025 — 9% of the total5509.21Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres: Single yarn$33M in 2025 — 8% of the total5509.32Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres: Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn$32M in 2025 — 8% of the total5509.52Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of polyester staple fibres: Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair$16M in 2025 — 4% of the total5509.59Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of polyester staple fibres: Other$10M in 2025 — 2% of the total5509.69Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres: Other$7.8M in 2025 — 2% of the total5509.31Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres: Single yarn$7.2M in 2025 — 2% of the total5509.62Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres: Mixed mainly or solely with cotton$4.9M in 2025 — 1% of the total5509.99Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn: other$4.2M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.61Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn, of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres: Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair$1.2M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.12Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of staple fibres of nylon or other polyamides: Multiple (folded) or cabled…$1.1M in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.42Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn$800K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.11Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — containing 85% or more by weight of staple fibres of nylon or other polyamides: Single yarn$440K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.41Single yarn$410K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.92Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn: Mixed mainly or solely with cotton$120K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5509.91Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale — other yarn: Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair$0 in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 55