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Sports Composites Market
Sports composites usage in India includes boxing equipments, inflatable balls and protective
equipments for cricket.
Product characteristics
Boxing equipments consist of Boxing Gloves, Boxing Punching Gloves, Boxing Head Guards, Boxing
Punching Pads, Abdominal Guard, Speed Ball, Punching Bag etc.
Inflatable balls consist of football, volleyball, basketball, handball etc. Footballs account for 50% of
the market of inflatable balls. Footballs have varying sizes i.e. Size-3, Size-4 and Size-5.
Circumference for size 5 is 68.5cm to 69.5cm. Official weight of the football is 420~445 grams with
ball pressure of 0.8 bar.
Protective equipments for cricket comprise of leg-guards, batting gloves, wicket keeping gloves, thigh
pads, helmets, caps & hats, cricket kit bags etc
Market dynamics
Indian sporting goods industry is concentrated primarily in the cottage and small-scale sector. It is a
highly labour intensive industry and also employs a large number of women as well. Most of the units
work on a job work basis for the major manufacturers/exporters and also sell their produce to
wholesalers who in turn sell these equipments to sports goods retailers.
The consumption of these products is dependent on the number of tournaments and the popularity of
the particular sport (retail sales). The demand of these products is affected by International and
National tournaments held in India. The per capita consumption of the sporting goods like inflatable
balls is very low in India which is an indicator of the huge market potential.
Key manufacturers
At present, the units in Jalandhar account for around 60% of the production of sports goods in India,
units in Meerut account for another 20% production and the remaining 20% of the production is
contributed by other units spread all over India.
Cosco India Limited is the major player in the sports goods market. Its production and capacity details
are given in the following table:-
Product Name Installed
Capacity
Production Sales Sales
Quantity Quantity Value