10 Carpet Exporters in India (2026): Who Ships Abroad

This list is for the buyer asking who ships the carpet and under whose paperwork. It names ten Indian exporters, ordered by the founding year each states, which is an ordering and not a ranking, and no company can pay to move. Published by Raheem & Son, which is included.

To compare who weaves what by cluster and construction, see rug manufacturers in India, and for a step-by-step method of choosing and checking an exporter, read the carpet exporters from India buyer guide. For the questions to put to each shortlisted exporter, read how to compare rug exporters.

An exporter is whoever holds the Import Export Code printed on the shipping documents. That can be the house that wove your rugs, or a merchant exporter that bought them from a weaving unit and shipped under its own code. The entity on the invoice and bill of lading is the entity you have a contract with.

A manufacturer exporter owns or directly controls weaving and ships in its own name. A merchant exporter buys finished goods and exports them. A buying agent does not export in the usual arrangement: it inspects and consolidates for you while the manufacturer or merchant remains the shipper, for a disclosed commission. Raheem & Son operates as a manufacturer exporter and, separately and openly, as a buying agent, and says which role applies to any order.

Ask any supplier one question early: whose Import Export Code will appear on my documents. If the answer is somebody else's, you are buying through an intermediary, which may still be right, but price and paper it as such.

Seven exporters state a founding year on their own sites and are listed first, oldest first; three follow without a verified year. The table gives only what each company or a named source states. A blank means we could not find it, not that it is absent. Ordering follows the stated rule and nothing else.

To export carpets from India you need an Import Export Code, the correct Chapter 57 HS code on every invoice, and a document set of commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and certificate of origin, plus any declarations your destination requires. Ask whether the exporter is registered with the Carpet Export Promotion Council. Your own broker confirms destination rules. A step-by-step version for a first-time importer is in how to export rugs from India.

Our guide to export documentation, ports and Incoterms sets out the full document set and who pays for what under each Incoterm, and the export and logistics page covers how Raheem & Son handles it.

Carpets sit in Chapter 57 of the Harmonised System and the heading follows construction. 5701 covers knotted carpets, 5702 woven carpets that are neither tufted nor flocked (most flatweaves and dhurries), 5703 tufted carpets, 5704 felt and 5705 other carpets and floor coverings.

A supplier who cannot name the correct heading for what they sell has not exported much of it. Misclassification becomes your problem at your border: duty and any trade-remedy exposure follow the code. Confirm the full tariff line for your own country with your broker and the official tariff database before the first shipment, and keep the classification consistent across orders.

Area rugs and runners are classified by construction, not by shape, so a knotted runner and a knotted area rug sit under the same heading. Raheem & Son makes custom sizes and shapes across every construction, so state the construction and finished sizes on the invoice and packing list.

Kilims and dhurries are flatweaves, which usually places them under heading 5702 rather than 5701. Raheem & Son weaves dhurrie and kilim in cotton, wool and jute on handlooms in the Bhadohi belt. Ask your exporter to write the construction on the invoice so your broker classifies the line correctly.

Silk is a material, not a construction, so a silk rug is first classified by how it is made, then by fibre. Raheem & Son hand-knots rugs in mulberry silk, bamboo silk and blends. Ask for the fibre content in writing: bamboo silk and mulberry silk are different materials and should never be quoted interchangeably.

Handwoven and handloom rugs are described differently by different exporters, so the word on the quote does not settle the heading. Ask the exporter to state the construction: pile or flat, knotted or woven. Sampling takes 5 to 20 days and bulk lead times run 8 to 16 weeks, per how to order.

Ask for the Import Export Code, the GST registration number and, where claimed, the CEPC registration. All three are matters of record in India and appear on documents the exporter already issues, so a genuine house hands them over. Check that the company name on each matches the entity you are contracting with.

Then ask for a recent bill of lading with sensitive parts redacted, and two references in your own market. Finally, test the paperwork before the product: ask which documents they issue at shipment and in what order. A vague answer is a forecast of how your first customs clearance will go.

Raheem & Son is a manufacturer exporter registered with the Carpet Export Promotion Council, exporting from Bhadohi since 1927 and now in the fourth generation of the family. It ships hand-knotted, handloom, hand-woven, hand-tufted and flatweave rugs, jute and natural fibre, leather, and the poufs and pillows that usually accompany a floor programme. For the other houses weaving in the same cluster, see our list of carpet manufacturers in Bhadohi.

On certification, the position is the one we state everywhere: CEPC registration is what we hold, and the Four-Star Category Certificate was awarded in 2009 as a historic award. Other certificates are not held as standing documents; we confirm in writing what exists before you commit. See our standards.

If you would rather we source across the belt on your behalf than weave it ourselves, that is the sourcing desk, charged and disclosed as agency work.

Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Company facts come from each company's own pages: Obeetee and Obeetee legacy, Jaipur Rugs founder's site, Saraswati Global, Sharda Exports, Qaaleen, PiHue Creations and Champo. Raheem & Son figures are its own: manufacturing, about and how to order.

Press sources: Downtown Design on Hands and Greater Kashmir on the Mir brothers. Industry context: the India Brand Equity Foundation reports India first in handmade carpet exports and the United States at 60.23% of exports in April to June 2026, and the Carpet Export Promotion Council lists registered exporters.

If you find a fact here that is stale or wrong, write to us and it will be corrected with the correction noted.