New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- In a long awaited move to make export of Khadi, exclusively categorised from the general league of textile products, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries has allocated separate HS code for this signature fabric of India this week.

HS code is a six-digit identification code developed by the World Customs Organization and is used by customs officers to allow products to cross international borders. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena, in a statement by Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ministry on Wednesday.

He further said that earlier, Khadi did not have its exclusive HS code. As a result, all the data regarding export of this signature fabric used to come as a norma...