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Cotton & Agricultural Raw Materials
Raw cotton, cotton waste, cottonseed and cottonseed derivatives.
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Business & Products
Textile sourcing, from fibre to fabric.
Since 2003, JD Merchandise has worked as a sourcing partner for buyers and a market-facing partner for sellers across the textile value chain. Today, our business connects requirements with suitable sources across cotton and agricultural raw materials, cotton yarn, greige fabrics and finished knitted fabrics — alongside a diversified investment in renewable energy.
What we do
A sourcing business built across the textile value chain.
JD Merchandise connects textile buyers with appropriate products and sources based on requirement, specification, application and commercial considerations.
Our work spans three connected stages of textiles — raw materials, yarn and fabric — allowing us to approach sourcing with an understanding of what comes before and what comes next.
For buyers, that means more than access to a product. It means a sourcing partner that can understand the requirement behind it.
From Fibre to Fabric.
Three textile businesses. One sourcing philosophy.
01 / Raw materials
A foundation since 2003
Cotton & Agricultural Raw Materials
Cotton has been part of JD Merchandise since the beginning.
Since 2003, we have worked with spinning mills, exporters and other textile businesses to connect their cotton requirements with suitable sources. The focus is straightforward: understand the specification, identify the appropriate supply option and build reliability into the transaction.
Our cotton sourcing currently includes Indian-origin Shankar 6 cotton and Brazil-origin cotton, selected according to buyer requirement and availability.
Cotton waste, cottonseed and cottonseed derivatives have also formed part of JD Merchandise’s raw-material business since its early years — cottonseed and related derivatives sourced through established relationships across cotton ginning and agricultural processing industries.
- Raw Cotton
- Cotton Waste
- Cottonseed & Cottonseed Derivatives
Who we work with
- Spinning mills
- Cotton and textile exporters
- Textile businesses with defined raw-material requirements
Where it goes next
Most cotton fibre requirements begin the next stage: spinning. The fibre becomes yarn for knitting/hosiery or weaving, which may then move into greige and finished fabric — one reason we view sourcing as a connected chain.
A requirement starts with the specification.
- Strength
- 28 GPT
- MIC
- 3.8–4.9
- Trash
- 3%–3.5%
- Grade
- Middling
Typical specification. Specifications and availability vary by origin, crop and requirement.
02 / Yarn
Part of our business since 2003
Cotton Yarn Sourcing
Cotton yarn has been part of JD Merchandise’s sourcing business since its inception.
Through relationships with spinning mills across Gujarat, we source yarn according to the buyer’s intended application, quality requirement, construction and commercial parameters.
The objective is not to push a predetermined product. It is to understand what the buyer needs and identify a suitable sourcing route within the available mill network.
Requirement-led sourcing
A yarn requirement rarely begins and ends with the count. Application, spinning method, yarn quality, construction, consistency, price and source all influence suitability. We use our mill network and textile experience to match these variables to the buyer’s actual requirement.
What we work with
Types
Combed · Carded · Compact
For
Knitting / Hosiery · Weaving
Counts and exact specifications are requirement- and mill-dependent.
Who we work with
- Cotton yarn exporters
- Greige fabric manufacturers
- Textile manufacturers requiring specific yarn qualities
“The requirement comes first. The source follows.”
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Moving further down the value chain
Greige & Finished Knitted Fabrics
JD Merchandise expanded into greige fabrics in 2018–19 and moved further into finished knitted fabrics in the years that followed — a natural progression down the textile value chain. Greige and finished knitted fabrics are supplied directly by JD Merchandise.
Experience with cotton and yarn gives us an upstream perspective when evaluating fabric. Composition, yarn selection, construction, GSM, finishing and end use are not treated as isolated specifications — they are parts of the same product decision.
Materials
Cotton · Cotton Lycra · Modal · ECOVERO™ · Polyester · Nylon · Blends
Constructions
Single Jersey · Interlock · Piqué · Dot Knit · Jacquard Structures
Additional constructions sourced according to requirement, market development and end use.
GSM
140–300
Typical current range. Subject to fibre, construction, finish and application.
Finishing
Finishing options are selected according to fabric construction, desired hand feel, performance requirement and intended end use.
Built around the end use
Our customers are garment manufacturers and exporters in India and international markets. The conversation begins with the garment the fabric needs to become — material, construction, GSM, performance, hand feel, finish and commercial requirement — understood together before identifying the right product and production route.
We don’t believe in selling a fabric once. We believe in becoming useful enough to source the next one too.
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Understanding one stage helps us understand the next.
A fabric begins long before knitting. Working across these stages gives us a broader frame of reference: we can begin with what the final product needs to achieve and work backwards toward the appropriate material and source.
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Fibre
Material characteristics
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Yarn
Count & construction
- 03
Fabric
Structure & finish
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Garment
Application & performance
Our role
Built around the requirement, not the catalogue.
For buyers
Tell us what you need.
We interpret the requirement, use our product knowledge and sourcing network to identify suitable sources, coordinate relevant specifications and commercial discussions, and help move the requirement toward supply.
For sellers
Reach genuine requirements.
We work as a market-facing partner for selected suppliers, helping connect suitable products and manufacturing capabilities with genuine market requirements.
Our role is to make the connection more informed, more structured and more dependable for both sides.
Beyond textiles
Diversification since 2024
Renewable Energy
1 MW
Solar power generation capacity
In 2024, JD Merchandise diversified into renewable energy through a 1 MW solar power generation asset. The investment adds a long-term renewable-energy business to our portfolio while reflecting our belief in resilient, future-facing forms of enterprise.
Alongside our textile businesses, this reflects our commitment to responsible growth and long-term value creation. It is a separate business interest and is not part of our textile sourcing process.
How we do business
Clear. Fair. Long-term.
Business relationships are built on more than products and prices.
JD Merchandise places importance on lawful, transparent and fair business practices. We believe in communicating clearly, making realistic commitments and conducting business in a manner that respects both sides of the relationship.
Our preference has always been long-term business over short-term transactions.
Trust is difficult to advertise. It has to be experienced.
Products are only part of the equation.
Access to material matters. Knowing where to look, what to ask, how to evaluate a requirement and how to coordinate the people behind the supply matters just as much.
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Have a requirement? Let’s find the right source.
Tell us what you are looking for — material, specification, quantity, application and timeline — and our team can take the conversation from there.