India’s silk and silk products are highly demanded throughout the world. The country exports to more than 30 countries in the world. Some of the top importers are USA, UAE, China, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, Nepal, Japan, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, and Singapore.
USA is the top importer of silk products from India with a share of 24.3% as of 2021-22. UAE was the second largest importer of Indian silk after USA, with a share of 22.6%. These countries are followed by China, Australia, and UK which have 9.1%, 5%, and 4.7% of the total exports share, respectively.
Silk carpets constituted the majority of share in the exports to USA, with 40% of all the silk products. This was followed by readymade garments which constituted 33% of the total. Natural silk yarn, fabrics, and made ups were 27% of the total share exported to USA.
Natural silk yarn, fabrics, and made ups comprised the majority of the products exported to UAE with a share of 55% in the total exported products. Silk carpets constituted 25.8% and silk readymade garments constituted 19.2% of the total exported products to UAE.
Silk waste was the major product exported to China with a share of 92.1% of the total exported products.