UP carpet exporters go virtual, focus on domestic market as orders dry up

Most units running at 20-15% capacity, many are facing payment issues for orders already executed

Manufacturing units in India’s biggest carpet belt of Bhadohi of Uttar Pradesh have started work after more than two months of lockdown due to Covid-19. However with almost no overseas orders these units are functioning at just 20-25 per cent of capacity. The nearly 100 per cent export based UP handmade carpet industry is also facing a payment crisis for orders it has already executed. After two weeks of opening up, manufacturing units have no more than a handful of workers and the showrooms are deserted.

Carpet exporters in UP’s Bhadohi district say chances of getting locked payments from the overseas