| Indian handicrafts | | | | Countries among which the US is a major market. It |
| India is the country of rich and diverse tradition | | | | employs approximately 5 million artisans. This sector is |
| colors, fragrance, and languages which inherited the | | | | the major source of rural employment and earns |
| story of Indian handicrafts from old civilization. The | | | | substantial foreign exchange. The growth rate of the |
| vast culture and ethnic diversity has enabled a | | | | Indian handicraft sector is approx 8.5%. Handicraft |
| variety of motives techniques and crafts to flourish | | | | over the last few years has drifted from shelf |
| on this land. The economic importance of the | | | | decorative to daily useable category to conclude the |
| handicraft sector lies in their high demand in domestic | | | | handicraft sector is rich is hand crafted goods and is |
| and overseas market. | | | | costly adapting itself to the changing trend in the |
| If we look at he handicraft industry of India it stands | | | | handicrafts sector across the globe. To catch up with |
| at approx 100 billion and Industry has approx 12% of | | | | this changing trend the exporters have to be |
| this market. The major markets for Indian handicrafts | | | | constantly be on their toes and come out with new |
| are US, Canada, Europe, and The West Asian | | | | innovative ideas that works is export market. |