India’s strengths
Deep raw-material ecosystem (cotton, synthetics), large factory base across clusters like Tiruppur and NCR, competitive costing at scale, and no import friction for domestic Indian sales.
Indonesia’s strengths
Differentiated textiles (batik, heritage weaves), strong hospitality and resort-wear production culture, and established export factories with international compliance experience.
How to decide
Fact: unit cost differences between the two countries are product-specific, not generic. Opinion: the decision should follow product identity — basics and scale knits often favour Indian clusters; identity-led and resort products often favour Indonesian production.
Many brands split: core volume in India, differentiated capsules from Indonesia. A managed network makes the split workable without doubling your coordination load.