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Heading in chapter 55 — Man-made staple fibres

Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres

$66MIndia’s exports in 2025
82countries bought from India in 2025
0.9×change since 2013 ($73M)
4%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. Bangladesh
  2. Rep. of Korea
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. United Arab Emirates
  5. Mali
  6. USA
  7. United Kingdom
  8. Viet Nam
  9. Mauritania
  10. France

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

What's inside 5516

17 codes India exports
5516.11Unbleached or bleached$19M in 2025 — 28% of the total5516.14Printed$15M in 2025 — 23% of the total5516.12Dyed$13M in 2025 — 19% of the total5516.92Dyed$6.8M in 2025 — 10% of the total5516.22Dyed$2.7M in 2025 — 4% of the total5516.94Printed$1.8M in 2025 — 3% of the total5516.41Unbleached or bleached$1.6M in 2025 — 2% of the total5516.43Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres — of yarns of different colours$1.2M in 2025 — 2% of the total5516.13Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres — of yarns of different colours$1.1M in 2025 — 2% of the total5516.24Printed$1.1M in 2025 — 2% of the total5516.93Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres — of yarns of different colours$1.1M in 2025 — 2% of the total5516.32Dyed$880K in 2025 — 1% of the total5516.23Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres — of yarns of different colours$570K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5516.42Dyed$550K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5516.21Unbleached or bleached$240K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5516.44Printed$210K in 2025 — under 1% of the total5516.91Unbleached or bleached$150K 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 20255503Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning$240M 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 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