Industries

Economy

The city is known the world over for its Persian carpets. It is also noted for hand rolled agarabathis or incense sticks as well as the local hair and jute industries. The upland areas of West Godavari District including Jangareddigudem and Chintalapudi amongst others are now harnessing groundwater and becoming financially sound due to the cultivation of rich commercial crops such as tobacco, palm oil and cocoa. Eluru acts as the major commercial centre for all these activities. It is also home to many wood industries

Eluru carpets and Eluru handlooms

Eluru is noted for its thriving woolen pile carpet industry. The Persians who migrated to this part of the world during the Muhammaddin regime developed the carpet industry. Most of the carpets produced here are exported. These industries are based in Tangellamudi, Eluru. Moody Carpets, Eluru, Hafeez Carpets is one of the best known among carpet industries, they export their handmade woolen carpets mostly to Australia and USA.

Ambica Group of industries

The corporate office of the Ambica Group of Industries is at Eluru. This group manufactures Ambica Agarbathi (incense sticks), cosmetics, and other aromatic products, ships to all places in the country and exports them as well. This group has also entered film production and distribution, hospitality industry, wind energy and software development. Directly or indirectly around 5,000 people are dependent on this group.

Jute industry

East India Commercial Co. Ltd's also known as as Sri Krishna jute mill Jute Industry is one of the major industries in Eluru and Kotturu City. This industry buys locally grown jute as well as imports raw jute from other States and manufactures varied jute products which are then transported and sold in different parts of the state and the country. Close to 10,000 people are dependent on this industry.

Gupta Group

The Gupta Group is mainly an export-oriented industry. They export human hair, cattle horn-tips, and carpets to different countries. Many people are dependent on this Industry too. M/S. Gupta Enterprises has been receiving the Top Exporters Award from the Govt. of India for the past 19 Years consecutively. The hair collected all over India is processed at Eluru and is exported to over 35 Countries. Mr. M. M. Gupta the founder Chairman has also founded the Gupta Foundation which does many Social service and Charity oriented products including Medical Help, Educational Assistance etc. A Bi-Annual award the "Gupta Award" is also presented to distinguished personalities and eminent people from Various Fields.

Others

Eluru has many human hair exporting companies and also large quantities of sweet water fish nearly 300 trucks everyday from Eluru to various places like Bengal, Assam and north east states. Green chillies are exporting to Maharashtra, coconuts and water coconuts mainly to all over state everyday. There are many paddy dealers who export paddy to all over India, which is bought from farmers from nearby villages like kovvali, Denduluru, pallagudem etc.