Handicrafts exports up 19 % in April-November

• Handicrafts exports from India have recorded a healthy growth of 18.7 per cent for the first eight months of the current financial year [April-November] as compared to the same period last year.
• Handicrafts items worth a total of Rs.5,238 crore were exported between April and November this year as compared to Rs.4,412 crore in the corresponding period last year. The performance was all the more better in dollar terms. Shipments were higher by 25 per cent at $1,139 million against $912 million.