View: Let's up the sports goods manufacturing game
Published on: Sept. 12, 2025, 11:06 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
The global sports goods industry is worth nearly $700 bn. It's set to cross $1 tn within the next decade. Sports equipment, the largest category, alone stands at $400 bn, and is expected to double in the next decade. India's role in this booming market is still very small. Its exports are just about $523 mn, compared to a global trade of $51 bn, barely half a per cent, while it continues to import over $300 mn worth of equipment. This points to both gap and opportunity.
