What are Erode and Coimbatore known for in South Indian textiles?

Erode is known as the "Turmeric City" and "Second Largest Textile Market in India" — it is a major trading hub for grey fabric, unstitched dress materials, and cotton fabrics produced in the surrounding mill clusters.

Erode specialises in: Grey cotton fabric, shirting and suiting fabric, dress material, and cotton yarn trading. Major buyers are fabric traders, dyeing units, and garment manufacturers.

Coimbatore is a major hub for cotton spinning (yarn) and has a large engineering industry supporting textile machinery. It is less a garment market and more a textile raw material and machinery hub.

For wholesale garment buyers: Unless you are sourcing unstitched grey fabric or yarn, Erode and Coimbatore are less relevant than Surat or Tirupur for finished ready-made garments.