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Heading 5308 · Section XI

5308

Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn

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India's exports of 5308 2025

US$ 4.1 mn

exported in , up 6.9% on , to 38 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 Netherlands US$ 1.2 mn29.6% share −5.5%
  2. 2 Italy US$ 798 thousand19.5% share +70.3%
  3. 3 Germany US$ 545 thousand13.3% share +15.6%
  4. 4 Japan US$ 497 thousand12.1% share −20.6%
  5. 5 Belgium US$ 203 thousand5.0% share +20.7%
Other 33 countriesUS$ 838 thousand · 20.5%
Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. Updated Oct 2026. Check these markets' country risk ›

Where India sells it 68 markets

Every market for this product, with its growth, share, ECGC rating and any trade agreement with India. Use it to spot markets that are growing, sizeable and low-risk.

MarketValue 2025ShareChangeYearly growthECGC ratingTrade agreement

ECGC ratings are ECGC's short-term country classification (see the ratings page); putting them beside trade figures is Exportsmitra's own analysis, not ECGC's. Yearly growth is the average over the years shown.

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India against its competitors

India's share of each market's imports of 5308, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Netherlands 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India63%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany7.8%
  3. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom7.4%
  4. 🇺🇸 United States6.6%
  5. 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic6.1%
  6. 🇮🇹 Italy2.6%
2.2 mn63%1st Germany 7.8% United Kingdom 7.4%
Italy 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China50%
  2. 🇮🇳 India20%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal9.5%
  4. 🇪🇸 Spain5.5%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan5.4%
  6. 🇹🇷 Turkey2.7%
5.1 mn20%2nd China 50% Portugal 9.5%
Germany 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China40%
  2. 🇮🇳 India18%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain15%
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy7.3%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey5.5%
  6. 🇵🇹 Portugal3.9%
4.4 mn18%2nd China 40% Spain 15%
Japan 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China77%
  2. 🇮🇳 India9.2%
  3. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka7.3%
  4. 🇹🇳 Tunisia1.9%
  5. 🇵🇭 Philippines1.5%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan0.7%
6.0 mn9.2%2nd China 77% Sri Lanka 7.3%
United Kingdom 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India28%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy15%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal15%
  4. 🇨🇳 China11%
  5. 🇪🇸 Spain10%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan7.3%
1.7 mn28%1st Italy 15% Portugal 15%
Iraq 2024
  1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka60%
  2. 🇨🇳 China22%
  3. 🇮🇳 India14%
  4. 🇮🇩 Indonesia4.3%
0.9 mn14%3rd Sri Lanka 60% China 22%
Belgium 2025
  1. 🇵🇱 Poland26%
  2. 🇨🇳 China23%
  3. 🇮🇳 India15%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany12%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy10.0%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands8.0%
0.8 mn15%3rd Poland 26% China 23%
Saudi Arabia 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India49%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy36%
  3. 🇹🇷 Turkey10%
  4. 🇪🇸 Spain4.3%
  5. 🇨🇳 China0.6%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.2%
0.2 mn49%1st Italy 36% Turkey 10%
Spain 2025
  1. 🇮🇹 Italy45%
  2. 🇨🇳 China12%
  3. 🇹🇷 Turkey12%
  4. 🇮🇳 India8.3%
  5. 🇫🇷 France7.6%
  6. 🇧🇷 Brazil4.9%
1.3 mn8.3%4th Italy 45% China 12%
Switzerland 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China31%
  2. 🇦🇹 Austria24%
  3. 🇮🇳 India16%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany6.4%
  5. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka4.7%
  6. 🇮🇹 Italy3.3%
0.6 mn16%3rd China 31% Austria 24%

The markets that buy the most 5308 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Nigeria 2025
  1. 🇰🇪 Kenya61%
  2. 🇹🇿 Tanzania33%
  3. 🇨🇳 China2.8%
  4. 🇲🇿 Mozambique1.6%
  5. 🇲🇬 Madagascar0.5%
  6. 🇪🇸 Spain0.2%
26.1 mn–not sold Kenya 61% Tanzania 33%
China 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan41%
  2. 🇻🇳 Vietnam20%
  3. 🇹🇿 Tanzania16%
  4. 🇨🇳 China11%
  5. 🇹🇼 Taiwan7.9%
  6. 🇮🇹 Italy3.0%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 13th
5.5 mn<0.1%13th Japan 41% Vietnam 20%
Turkey 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China60%
  2. 🇪🇸 Spain26%
  3. 🇮🇹 Italy12%
  4. 🇹🇼 Taiwan2.0%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany0.1%
  6. 🇱🇹 Lithuania<0.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 7th
4.8 mn<0.1%7th China 60% Spain 26%
South Korea 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China92%
  2. 🇹🇼 Taiwan3.7%
  3. 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic2.8%
  4. 🇯🇵 Japan0.6%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy0.3%
  6. 🇮🇳 India0.1%
4.3 mn0.1%6th China 92% Taiwan 3.7%
Vietnam 2023
  1. 🇨🇳 China89%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan4.1%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain3.8%
  4. 🇱🇹 Lithuania2.0%
  5. 🇹🇼 Taiwan0.4%
  6. 🇦🇹 Austria0.4%
4.2 mn–not sold China 89% Japan 4.1%
France 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany34%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy30%
  3. 🇹🇼 Taiwan9.2%
  4. 🇪🇸 Spain8.1%
  5. 🇨🇳 China4.6%
  6. 🇧🇪 Belgium3.0%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.9% · 12th
3.1 mn0.9%12th Germany 34% Italy 30%
United States 2025
  1. 🇷🇴 Romania47%
  2. 🇨🇳 China21%
  3. 🇲🇽 Mexico14%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany7.5%
  5. 🇹🇼 Taiwan5.1%
  6. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1.8%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.1% · 14th
2.9 mn0.1%14th Romania 47% China 21%
Poland 2025
  1. 🇮🇹 Italy87%
  2. 🇨🇳 China7.8%
  3. 🇹🇷 Turkey1.8%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil1.2%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan0.7%
  6. 🇦🇹 Austria0.6%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 8th
2.3 mn<0.1%8th Italy 87% China 7.8%
Chile 2025
  1. 🇮🇹 Italy82%
  2. 🇪🇸 Spain16%
  3. 🇨🇳 China1.1%
  4. 🇲🇽 Mexico0.6%
  5. 🇺🇸 United States<0.1%
  6. 🇦🇷 Argentina<0.1%
2.1 mn–not sold Italy 82% Spain 16%
Colombia 2025
  1. 🇪🇸 Spain71%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy23%
  3. 🇮🇳 India4.3%
  4. 🇨🇳 China1.2%
  5. 🇵🇱 Poland<0.1%
1.8 mn4.3%3rd Spain 71% Italy 23%

US$ million. Each market's own import figures as reported to UN Comtrade (the year shown; some countries report late), so they differ from India's export figures above. Open a market for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Source: Harmonized System 2022 edition (World Customs Organization), from the UN Comtrade classification list.