Kashmir Pashmina
The world’s finest cashmere, hand-spun and hand-woven from Changthangi goat fleece at high Himalayan altitudes.
- Origin state
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Region
- North
- Category
- Textile
- GI registered
- 2008
Why it matters for global buyers
Pashmina is spun from the ultra-fine undercoat of the Changthangi goat, which survives the cold of the Ladakh plateau above 4,000 metres by growing fibre just 12–16 microns thick. The wool is hand-spun and hand-woven in Kashmir, with the finest pieces embellished by sozni or kani work over many months. Because the market is flooded with blended and machine-made imitations, true Kashmir Pashmina carries its GI for protection — making lab-verified fibre and clear provenance essential when sourcing it.
Sourcing Kashmir Pashmina from Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir Pashmina holds a Geographical Indication, registered in 2008, which legally ties the name to its Jammu & Kashmir origin. For an importer that means built-in provenance: the GI is a registered, defensible mark of authenticity that mass-produced imitations cannot lawfully carry, and a story buyers in premium markets increasingly pay for.
As a Textile product, Kashmir Pashmina is built on loom and dye skill, so colourfastness, shrinkage and dye-lot consistency are the specifications to lock down. Jammu & Kashmir weavers usually work to made-to-order runs, and many can supply the Handloom Mark or relevant fabric-testing documentation that export buyers expect.
Kashmir Pashmina comes out of Jammu & Kashmir in Jammu & Kashmir, part of the North region's wider export base. MadeFromIndia maps the verified clusters behind it, benchmarks landed cost against rival origins, and handles introductions, sampling and quality oversight so you can move from shortlist to first order with confidence.
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