India’s textile and apparel (T&A) exports dipped in February 2025 after impressive growth in January. However, the decline in textile and apparel exports was minimal compared to the overall drop in the country’s merchandise exports. The country’s T&A exports eased by 2.27 per cent to $3.216 billion, against total goods exports of $36.912 billion for the month. Overall, goods exports declined by 10.85 per cent in February 2025. However, textile and apparel exports grew by 7.19 per cent, reaching $33.217 billion in the first eleven months of the current fiscal 2024-25 (April-March), while total goods exports inched up by 0.06 per cent over the same period.
Apparel exports increased by 3.97 per cent to $1.534 billion in February, while textile exports declined by 7.35 per cent to $1.681 billion in the same month. Apparel exports rose by 10.71 per cent, reaching $14.458 billion, up from $13.059 billion in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Textile exports grew by 4.63 per cent to $18.759 billion in the first eleven months of FY25, compared to $17.928 billion in the same period of the previous year.
The share of T&A in India’s total merchandise exports increased to 8.40 per cent during April 2024–February 2025 and to 8.71 per cent in the latest reported month, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade.