India is the second largest exporter of cotton, cotton yarn and the 6th largest exporter of ready-made garments in the world. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Textiles Minister Anand Sharma said in 2011-12, India's textiles exports were 33.3 billion dollars. He said India's textile imports comprise of raw silk, wool, extra-long staple cotton, and man-made filaments all of which are raw materials for textiles industry. The Minister said India's textiles imports increased from 3.36 billion dollars in 2009-10 to 4.09 billion dollars in 2010-11 to 5.14 billion in 2011-12. He said the items in which import has increased recently include clothing, wool, cotton, manmade fibres and filament.