Global textile sourcing risk index 2026: India leads - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion Sponsored Join Our Exclusive Free Webinar on Strategic Intelligence for Apparel Sourcing Leaders | Register Now Source innovative home textile product
- Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion Sponsored Join Our Exclusive Free Webinar on Strategic Intelligence for Apparel Sourcing Leaders | Register Now Source innovative home textile products and trends at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026 | Explore More Connect with global textile professionals at Intertextile Shanghai | Register Today Source sustainable performance fabrics and innovations at Functional Fabric Fair | Register Now Intelligence TexPro F2F Prime News Trade Fairs & Events Marketplace Marketing Solutions Digital Advertisement Print Advertisement Webinar Marketing Media Booster Magazine Subscription Articles Advertise with Us Sign In All Categories Articles News Buyers Suppliers Trade Fairs Interview Market Intelligence F2F Prime For You Textiles Apparel Fashion Retail E-commerce Technology Sustainability Chemicals Technical Textiles News Flash TEXPROCIL, PDEXCIL host FTA outreach programme for textile exporters EU to impose temporary $3.4 customs duty on imported low-value parcels Rupee near 95 a dollar, India’s textile exports stay stuck South India cotton yarn market weak, yet optimism persists Hormuz reopening may ease global trade costs: UNCTAD Textiles | Global textile sourcing risk index 2026: India leads 30 Jun '266 min read Pic: Generated by ChatGPT Insights Fibre2Fashion's GTSRI 2026 shows China remains the world's top textile sourcing destination despite losing ground under US tariffs and compliance pressures. India records the strongest improvement, backed by FTAs, PLI investments and an integrated supply chain. The index highlights nearshoring, logistics resilience and market access as the key drivers reshaping global sourcing decisions. The global textile sourcing map has been redrawn faster in the past six months than at any point in a decade and Fibre * Fashion’s Global Textile Sourcing Risk Index (GTSRI) * * * * has now put a number on the upheaval. Ranking the world’s * * largest textile-and-apparel exporting economies on a single * – * * * scale that blends sourcing opportunity with eight pillars of sourcing risk , the new edition delivers a clear verdict: the * * * * trade reset has compressed China’s lead without dislodging it — and the durable winner is India. China holds the top spot with a score of * * . * , but it also surrendered more ground than any other economy this year, shedding * . * points under stacked US tariffs and intensifying forced-labour scrutiny. India, by contrast, posts the single largest gain of any country up * . * points to * * . * cementing its status as the only top-tier economy pairing vast scale, a complete cotton-to-garment chain and rapidly improving market access. The new sourcing order China ( * * . * ), India ( * * . * ) and South Korea ( * * . * ) form * * * *’s Tier * — the prime sourcing bases offering the strongest balance of opportunity and risk. Below them, a tightly bunched Tier * runs from Turkey ( * * . * ) down t
