IHGF Delhi Fair

IHGF is India's biggest handicrafts, home and lifestyle sourcing fair, with brassware, furniture, textiles, gifts and fashion accessories from India's craft clusters under one roof. It runs twice a year at Greater Noida, just outside Delhi. It suits buyers who want to see many categories in one trip, and it rewards the ones who shortlist before they fly.

One honest caveat - there's no free hotel or airfare here, so it's the most expensive way to meet Indian home and gift exporters. The size is the reason to go anyway.

Next Edition

The 62nd edition, the autumn show, runs 13 to 17 October 2026 at the India Expo Centre & Mart, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, from 9am to 6pm IST (IHGF Delhi Fair, read 28 September 2026 (opens in a new tab)). Buyers register on the IHGF registration page (opens in a new tab).

The next two are already fixed. The spring (63rd) edition runs 15 to 19 March 2027 and the autumn (64th) edition 15 to 19 October 2027 (EPCH fair dates 2027 to 2030 (opens in a new tab)). EPCH hasn't named the venue for the 2027 shows on that page, though every recent edition has been at the India Expo Centre.

Who Exhibits, And The Question To Ask At Every Stand

EPCH, the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts, organises the fair. The organiser says over 3,000 manufacturers and exporters show across 16 product categories. Exhibitors must be paid-up EPCH members holding a three-year export performance certificate (EPCH exhibitor brochure (opens in a new tab)), so every stand is a registered exporter with a real export history.

That tells you who ships, not who makes. An Indian textile exporter described the pattern on a forum in 2025 - many merchant exporters say they are manufacturers, and when you meet them the factory turns out to be somewhere else (r/IndiaBusiness, October 2025 (opens in a new tab)). They were talking about leather, but the pattern holds across Indian home and gift goods too. We don't see that as a red flag. Merchant exporters are how most small Indian workshops reach a foreign buyer, and a good one earns its margin on design, consolidation and paperwork. The problem is only not knowing, because then you can't tell who answers for quality when a batch goes wrong.

So ask the same thing at every stand you like. Where is this made, by whom, and will I be able to visit the unit? A clear answer is a good sign whichever way it goes. The checks that follow are on how to check an Indian supplier.

Hosted-Buyer Terms

As published in September 2026, IHGF offers no free hotel and no airfare. Pre-registered overseas buyers get free transfers and access to discounted hotel rooms. Check the current room rates with EPCH before you book, because we don't publish them.

If a subsidised first trip matters more than the size of the hall then look at the hosted programmes on India's trade fairs page first.

Visa And Getting There

Use the e-Business Visa and apply at least two weeks ahead, earlier in October when Diwali slows everything down. EPCH issues visa letters through visitors@ihgfdelhifair.in.

The venue is in Greater Noida, a drive from Delhi. Register before the fair so you can use the organiser's free transfers rather than sort a car each morning.

What To Expect

Trade visitors only. The pre-fair exhibitor directory can be searched by product, so build your shortlist before you land, because five days isn't long in a hall this size.

The fair also courts Indian buyers. Its exhibitor form asks about "Domestic Volume Buyers" and "Small Orders". That's good news if your first order is small, because the exhibitors expect it. It also means you'll share the aisles with Indian retailers, so say early that you're buying for export and to which market, because that changes the conversation on compliance, packing and price terms.

Past Editions

• Spring 2026: the 61st edition, 14 to 18 February 2026, India Expo Centre & Mart (Consulate General of India, San Francisco, read 23 September 2026).
• The autumn 2026 show is the 62nd edition, which puts the fair at about three decades of twice-yearly shows.

Sources

• IHGF Delhi Fair (opens in a new tab), official site, read 28 September 2026
• Buyer registration (opens in a new tab), read September 2026
• EPCH: fair dates 2027 to 2030 (opens in a new tab), read September 2026
• EPCH IHGF exhibitor brochure (PDF) (opens in a new tab), read September 2026

Where SourcingSync Helps

Want your shortlist checked against public records before you fly, and meetings and unit visits arranged around the fair? SourcingSync (opens in a new tab) does it.

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