Export market
Cotton & Linen Fabric Supplier for the Netherlands & Benelux
Standard EU import tariff. Rotterdam is the EU's largest port and a common distribution hub for the whole of northwest Europe, so many Benelux and wider-EU buyers clear here.
- Duty position
- Standard EU import tariff. Rotterdam is the EU's largest port and a common distribution hub for the whole of northwest Europe, so many Benelux and wider-EU buyers clear here.
- Shipping lane
- Sea from Mundra or Nhava Sheva to Rotterdam via Suez, roughly 3 to 4 weeks in transit.
- Incoterms & payment
- FOB Indian port or CIF to Rotterdam. Quoted in USD; EUR on request.
- Currency
- Quoted in USD; EUR on request.
- Who buys from here
- Fabric importers and stock-holding distributors serving a regional trade, home-textile and technical-fabric converters, and promotional-product suppliers.
- Against other origins
- As with Germany: compete on width, lead time, low MOQ and transparency, not on EU duty, where Pakistan and Bangladesh have the edge on basic cotton.
Ordering
- Minimum order
- 100 m greige · 1000 m per colour processed
- Lead time
- about 2 days greige · about 2 weeks processed
- Incoterms
- FOB Mundra / Nhava Sheva · CIF destination port
- Price
- Per metre or per kg, band on request
Payment 10% on order, 15% at production start, 50% on passing QC, 25% on dispatch. OEKO-TEX and GOTS applied for and in progress as of September 2026, not yet granted. Organic cotton available now. SMETA not pursued.