The Wool & Woollens Export Promotion Council of India has completed 58 years.

WWEPC has rendered valuable services to the Indian woollen industry for enhancing exports and strengthening the production base through qualitative interventions, initiatives on export promotion and other activities.When world export of textile and apparel was governed by the multi-fiber agreement (quota period), WWEPC was assigned work of quota allocation for acrylic knitwear and woollen fabrics. WWEPC successfully transformed itself as a facilitator for export growth.

The council is regularly taking up issues being faced by the woollen industry with the government for effectively accommodating them into the policy framework. The council also provides a unique opportunity and platform for exporters of woollen products to build business contacts with overseas importers and buyers by organising participation in international trade fairs/exhibitions/buyer-seller meets in India and abroad.

The woollen textile and clothing industry is relatively small compared to the cotton and manmade fiber-based textile and clothing industry yet the woollen sector plays an important role by linking the rural economy with the manufacturing industry, represented by small, medium and large-scale units. The product portfolio is equally divergent from textile intermediaries to finished textiles, garments, knitwear, blankets, carpets, etc. with a presence in technical textiles.