Sportech: Sports and Outdoor Technical Textiles
Textiles for sport and the outdoors: playing surfaces, sails, tents, parachutes, climbing gear and performance sportswear.
- 1 articles
- 25 standards
- 5 calculators
What it covers
- artificial turf
- sail cloth
- tents and sleeping bags
- parachute fabric
- climbing ropes and webbing
- sports nets
- performance and compression sportswear
Made from
Nylon and polyester filament, polyethylene and polypropylene for turf, UHMWPE and aramid for sails and ropes, and elastane blends for sportswear.
Market size India: Rs 7,364 crore (US$1.13 billion) in 2019-20, 6.0% of India’s technical-textiles market. World: US$24.4 billion. Ministry of Textiles, Baseline Study 2020, Tables 9.1 and 9.2
Articles
Test methods and specifications
Grouped by the subject in each standard’s official title. Each entry links to the register record, which names the current edition and its equivalents.
Protective equipment for use in ice hockey4
- ISO 10256-1 Protective equipment for use in ice hockey — Part 1: General requirements
- ISO 10256-2 Protective equipment for use in ice hockey — Part 2: Head protectors for skaters
- ISO 10256-3 Protective equipment for use in ice hockey — Part 3: Face and eye protectors for skaters
- ISO 10256-4 Protective equipment for use in ice hockey — Part 4: Head and face protectors for goalkeepers
Protective equipment for martial arts4
- ISO 21924-1 Protective equipment for martial arts — Part 1: General requirements and test methods
- ISO 21924-3 Protective equipment for martial arts — Part 3: Additional requirements and test methods for trunk protectors
- ISO 21924-5 Protective equipment for martial arts — Part 5: Additional requirements and test methods for genital protectors…
- ISO 21924-6 Protective equipment for martial arts — Part 6: Additional requirements and test methods for breast protectors…
Mountaineering equipment3
Surfaces for sports areas3
Personal equipment for protection against falls2
ASTM methods and specifications1
Specification for fabrics for camping tents1
Paragliding equipment1
Rubber or plastic coated fabrics1
Glossary of parachute terms1
Sports and recreational equipment1
Personal fall protection equipment1
Camping tents1
Laws and mandatory certification
Instruments in the regulation register whose obligations name this class’s products. In force first; rescinded and replaced orders stay listed as history.
No law in the register names this class’s products yet.
Upcoming trade fairs
No fair is filed under this class. The general technical-textiles fairs are on the section page.
Machines
No machine in the register is filed under this class yet.
Calculators
Raw-material prices
Daily and monthly series for the fibres and feedstocks this class is mostly made from.
US import duty headings
The HTS headings these products usually fall under. Classification turns on the exact product, so read the lines under each heading.
India’s official HSN codes
Codes India lists as technical textiles (DGFT, 2019 and 2022) under this page’s HS headings.
| HSN code | Description |
|---|---|
| 56081110 | Made Up Fishing Nets: Of Nylon |
| 56081190 | Made Up Fishing Nets: Other Than Nylon |
| 56081900 | Other Knotted Netting Of Twine,Cordage Or Rope: Of Man-Made Textile Materials |
| 56089010 | Other Twine, Cordage/ Rope etc.: Of Cotton |
| 56089020 | Other Twine, Cordage/Rope etc.: Of Jute |
| 56089090 | Other Knotted Twine, Cordage/ Rope Nets: Other |
| 63061200 | Tarpaulins, Awnings and Sunblindsetc.: Of Synthetic Fibres |
| 63061910 | Jute Tarpaulins (Incl. DwTarpauline) |
Where to read more
WRA Centre of Excellence for Sportech Paid
Sports-textile testing, training and pilot-plant incubation; WRA was sanctioned as Sportech CoE under TMTT.
AITEX (Textile Research Institute) Paid
Spanish textile research and testing institute with sector pages for geotextiles, PPE, medical, automotive, ballistic and sports surfaces.