New Delhi, Aug 11: India’s exports of textiles and apparel, including handicrafts, registered a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of about 4.5% during the period from 2019–20 to 2025–26, increasing from ₹2,49,250 crore in 2019–20 to ₹3,25,339 crore in 2025–26, according to the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS).
The year-wise details of exports of textiles and ready-made garments including from 2019-20 to 2025-26 are mentioned below:
| India’s textile & apparel including handicrafts exports (Value in INR Crore) | |||||||
| Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
| Export Value | 249250 | 233304 | 331330 | 294289 | 297004 | 319573 | 325339 |
Textile and readymade garments, including handicrafts, were exported from 548 districts across the country in 2025-26.
The top ten textile and readymade garment exporting districts, including handicrafts, during 2025–26 were Tiruppur (₹38,677 crore), Gautam Buddha Nagar (₹21,095 crore), Bengaluru Urban (₹16,205 crore), Gurugram (₹15,104 crore), Mumbai (₹12,479 crore), Panipat (₹11,448 crore), Surat (₹10,478 crore), Ahmedabad (₹9,366 crore), Ludhiana (₹7,099 crore) and Thane (₹6,321 crore).
Despite challenges, India’s exports of textiles and apparel, including handicrafts, stood at ₹3,25,339 Crore in 2025–26, registering a growth of 1.8 per cent over ₹3,19,573.2 Crore in 2024–25. Export growth was recorded in more than 100 destinations during the year, according to DGCIS). (BVI)
