Jammu and Kashmir have exported their popular handicrafts and handloom products worth Rs 2,567 crore in the last two financial years. The officers provided this information. By the end of the current financial year (March 2025) This export figure is expected to reach Rs 3,000 crore. “World famous handicrafts and handloom products worth Rs 2,567 crore have been exported from the Kashmir Valley in the first three quarters of the last two financial years and the current financial year (2024–25),” said an official. However, global conflicts have affected exports in the current financial year.
Export of Kani and Sozney Shawls
According to the data available with the Department of Handicrafts and Handloom of Kashmir, the export of Kani and Soj Shawl has been Rs 1,105 crore in the last three years. While the export of hand -woven carpets was Rs 728 crore. Other exported products include crawls, paper mache, chain stitch and wood carving. Officials said that the department will facilitate the export of handmade Kashmiri products for which subsidy scheme is available.
Benefits of subsidy scheme
Under the subsidy scheme, 10 percent of the total amount of handloom/handicraft products to be exported to any country will be given as incentive. Additionally, a maximum of Rs 5 crore will be reimbursed in favor of eligible exporters registered with the department. Highlighting the government’s strategy for the welfare of the artisan community in the valley, the officials said that the department has a well -established ‘Design Studio’ in the Indian Institute of Carpets and the United States prepared by the School of Designs and Crafts Development Institute There are prototypes.
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