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 29% as of 2020-21. UAE was the second largest importer of Indian silk after USA, with a share of 10%. These countries are followed by China, UK and Australia which have 8%, 4%, and 4% of the total exports share, respectively.
Natural silk yarn, fabrics and made ups constituted the majority of share in the exports to USA, with 40.9% of all the silk products. This was followed by silk carpets which constituted 23.4% of the total. Handloom silk products and silk readymade garments were 21.6%, and 14%, respectively of the total share exported to USA.
Silk readymade garments comprised the majority of the products exported to UAE with a share of 73.6% in the total exported products. Natural silk yarn, fabrics and made ups constituted 22.4% of the total exported products to UAE.
Silk waste was the major product exported to China with a share of 91.5% of the total exported products.