The fifty fifth version of the five-day-long Indian Handicrafts and Items Honest (IHGF) will start on the India Expo Centre and Mart in Higher Noida on Wednesday. Also referred to as the spring version of IHGF, the occasion will host exhibitors from over 100 international locations showcasing over 2,000 merchandise in 14 classes, equivalent to handicrafts, residence decor, furnishing, and houseware.
In response to the organisers, the B2B (enterprise to enterprise) honest might be open to abroad consumers, shopping for and sourcing consultants, and enormous home quantity retail consumers from March 15 to 19. The 54th version of the honest, also referred to as the autumn version, was held in October final 12 months.
“The honest brings collectively merchandise from residence, way of life, vogue, textiles, and furnishings classes beneath one roof. These merchandise are created by greater than 3,000 handicrafts exporters from throughout the nation who’re keen to indicate them to the abroad shopping for neighborhood,” mentioned Rakesh Kumar, director basic, EPCH (Exports Promotion Council for Handicrafts) and chairman, IEML (India Exposition Mart Restricted).
He added, “Sustainability continues to be on the forefront of the product choices on the honest, and this time, there may be renewed concentrate on sustainable and eco-friendly crafts created with supplies and processes which can be environmentally pleasant. Since increasingly individuals are making a aware effort to scale back their carbon footprint, we now have organised a panel dialogue and product gallery on sustainable and recycled merchandise to indicate our dedication to those ideas.”
Not less than 16 stalls within the Expo Centre and 900 everlasting showrooms within the Mart space can have area for craft manufacturing hubs and clusters, making this a complete sourcing level, mentioned organisers. Artisans from throughout India will showcase their merchandise right here as effectively.
“Abroad consumers from greater than 100 international locations have pre-registered to go to the honest. It is because the honest connects Indian producers with suppliers of beautiful merchandise giving enticing costs, completely different varieties, distinct high quality, and new product strains,” mentioned Raj Kumar Malhotra, chairman of EPCH.
In response to Kumar, handicraft exports stood at ₹33,253 crore ($4.459 billion) in 2021-22 and ₹28,727.91 crore ($3.505 billion) from April 2022 to February 2023.
