is well recoganised by traders in wholesale saree & Lehenga market of Chandani Chowk of Delhi.
Earlier Calico-printing of Farrukhabad was supplied to all over India and also some abroad countries. Block Printing of Farrukhabad was very famous. The Calico printing industry used to produce Printed Tapestries, Lihaaf (a traditional Duvet without the filling) which were supplied to all over northern part of India during winters, they also used to print cottonsari or Saree on large scale.With the invent of readymade Duvets or Quilts and synthetic cloth sari this business went elsewhere. Also, but due to the city is separated from the highways and also from the good conveyance so now-a-days printing business came down to a few printing industry. Farrukhabad has a large number of Printing and Dyeing Cloth work Export. Printed Tapestries from Farrukhabad are still famous in the world.
Recently Textile ministry of India in collaboration with state government has established a Textile Park. City is famous for textile printing and over the last 200 years has been a source of income of local craftsmen. More than 250 textile entrepreneurs have shown interest in the project. This textile Park will help bringing the district into the national map. Apart from revenue it will create enough job opportunities for the local youth.
Being agriculture oriented economy, lots of food processing units have been set up by the local businessmen. City has lots of cold stores, transportation, logistics and food catering companies. Many Beedi, Paan masala and Gutkha manufacturers have their units in the outskirts of the city. Namkeen is one more commodity for which city is known for. Namkeen is exported to nearby cities and states from the city.
Here, Beetle-nut (Supari) is also processed to make sweet supari and is a famous product of Farrukhabad
