If you’re looking for the best handicraft manufacturers in India, top choices in 2026 include PRIMO IN, C.L. Gupta Exports, Fantasy Exports, Clay Craft India, Glasscraft Export, and Lalji Handicrafts. India’s craft clusters ship $3.9 billion a year, led by metalware, and cover every home decor material with MOQs from 10 pieces at workshop level for buyers in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
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Top 12 Handicraft Manufacturers in India (2026)
Brass from Moradabad, ceramics from Khurja and Jaipur, glass from Firozabad, carved wood from Saharanpur, with MOQs from 10 pieces. PRIMO IN is featured first as sourcing partner.
PRIMO IN — Your Handicraft Sourcing Partner in India
PRIMO IN routes your decor brief to the right craft city: hammered metal in Moradabad, glazed ceramics in Khurja, blown glass in Firozabad, carved wood in Saharanpur, jute in Kolkata. We vet the workshop behind each catalogue, benchmark quotes, and inspect before every shipment.
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2. C.L. Gupta Exports
Probably India’s largest single handicraft manufacturer: 3.2 million sq ft in Moradabad, about 7,000 staff and 2,000+ concurrent product lines across metal, glass and wood. FSC and ISO 14001 certified, exporting since 1965.
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3. Fantasy Exports
Moradabad metal house since 1993 shipping about 25 forty-foot containers a month of hand-hammered steel and aluminum barware and decor. ISO 9001, BSCI and SMETA 4-pillar audited, with 20,000+ SKUs.
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4. A.S. Metal Crafts
OEM and private-label metalware from Moradabad: wall art, lamps, trays, planters and hotelware in brass, iron and aluminum, exporting to 15+ countries with REACH and California Prop 65 documentation.
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5. Clay Craft India
India’s largest ceramic tableware maker, firing over 200,000 pieces a day in Jaipur across mugs, dinner sets and bone china. Exports reach 22 countries, with the Middle East and Latin America leading.
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6. DPAARA (Khurja Ceramic)
Khurja workshop with over 1,000 glazed designs, from Buddha planters to bathroom sets, and the lowest entry point in this list: MOQs from 10 pieces per item with a modest minimum order value.
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7. Glasscraft Export
Firozabad’s veteran, 100% export-oriented since 1960: mouth-blown, hand-cut soda-lime glassware at 4 tonnes a day. ISO 9001 certified, exhibiting at Ambiente Frankfurt, shipping to the US, Germany and France.
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8. Saharanpur Crafts
Bulk custom manufacturer in the Wood City cluster covering carved decor, kitchen and dining accessories, mirrors, boxes and room dividers, built around customized wholesale programs in eco-sourced wood.
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9. Lalji Handicrafts
Jodhpur institution founded 1962, a Star Export House running a factory of nearly 700,000 sq ft with 225+ artisans. Vintage-reproduction furniture, architectural elements and metal decor with inlay work.
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10. Neerja International
The company credited with reviving GI-tagged Jaipur blue pottery commercially, run by Leela Bordia since 1978. Over 500 designs from tiles to lamps, with about half of revenue from overseas buyers.
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11. Kraftinn
Rare organized manufacturer in the North-East: bamboo, cane, water hyacinth and cork decor made in Jorhat, Assam, with exports to Japan and a sustainability-first artisan sourcing story.
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12. DYLAA
Multi-cluster one-stop covering brass, wood, marble, jute, glass and ceramics through units across Moradabad, Jaipur, Agra and Khurja. Published MOQs of 50 to 300 pieces and 30 to 45 day production cycles.
India Handicraft Market Overview (2025)
India exported $3.92 billion of handicrafts in FY2024-25 according to EPCH, with the United States alone buying about 38.7% and the UK and UAE following. Behind the number sits a workforce of some 6.4 million artisans, nearly two thirds of them women, spread across specialized craft cities.
Each material has its capital, and the four Uttar Pradesh clusters all carry GI registrations: Moradabad for brass and metalware, Khurja for glazed ceramics, Firozabad for glass, Saharanpur for carved wood. Jaipur adds blue pottery and decor, Jodhpur vintage-style wood, Kolkata jute, and Assam the cane and bamboo trade.
Moradabad deserves its Brass City name: around 600 registered export units supply the cluster’s roughly Rs 4,500 crore of annual exports, and European home brands source here at cluster level. Buyer-facing factories range from mega-plants to workshops taking a few cartons per design.
MOQs are the friendliest of any Indian export sector: 25 to 100 pieces per design is the norm, some ceramic workshops accept 10, and in-stock lines ship in one to three weeks. Custom developments run four to eight weeks, with 30 to 50% advance payment standard and prototyping in one to two weeks at the better metal houses.
Since February 2026 the US tariff on Indian goods stands at 18%, down from the 50% peak that froze many US decor programs in late 2025, and order flow has followed. The persistent risk is not price but consistency: hand work varies batch to batch, which is why pre-shipment inspection at the workshop, not the trader’s showroom, is the one non-negotiable.
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