This week in Tirupur’s trades
Week of 25–31 October 2026 — The opening week of this record, in a quiet pre-Deepavali week for Tirupur. The Centre opened its textile PLI scheme to firms half the size it asked for before — a change that bears on Tirupur's plan to shift towards man-made fibre — and cotton yarn prices in Tirupur eased a little as cotton fell. Two earlier items are included with their dates for the record: the strike by the city's dyeing units over dye and chemical prices, and the exporters' association's annual meeting, where the cluster's record year and its next steps were set out.
- Textile PLI scheme opened to smaller firms — entry turnover halved to ₹100 crore, as Tirupur prepares to move into man-made fibre
- Cotton yarn prices in Tirupur ease by ₹3–5 a kilo as cotton falls
- Tirupur's dyeing units stop work over dye and chemical prices that have more than doubled
- Tiruppur Exporters' Association: a record ₹46,000 crore year, and a push into man-made fibre, technical textiles and new markets
Start with one of Tirupur’s trades
Knitwear
T-shirts, polos, innerwear, kidswear, sportswear and the manufacturing areas.
Yarn & Fabric
The spinning mills and knitting units that feed the garment trade.
Dyeing & Environment
The dyehouses, the Noyyal story and zero liquid discharge.
Printing & Job Work
Printing, embroidery, cutting, stitching and packing units.
Exporters
Export houses, buying agents and the audits that win orders.
Khaderpet
The domestic wholesale market for export-surplus knitwear.
Trims & Packaging
Labels, elastics, threads, tags, bags and cartons.
Coconut & Kangeyam
Copra, coconut oil, rice milling and the Kangeyam breed.
Named Companies
Every named company, with About and Explore buttons.
Tirupur in figures
- Garment exports of about ₹42,544 crore in 2025-26
- Around 1,500 export units, 750 knitting units, 400 dyeing and bleaching units, 500 printing units and 350 embroidery units
- Some 6 lakh people directly employed
- The first hosiery factory with hand-operated machines opened in 1935
- Kangeyam: around 150 coconut oil units and about 500 copra drying units
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