UNSUPPORTED: Hand-tufting overtook hand-knotting in India around 1995–2005 (rests on a mistranslation)

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UNSUPPORTED. This record rested on a mistranslation. हस्तनिर्मित कालीन means HANDMADE carpet (which includes hand-tufted), not hand-knotted, so the figure says the whole handmade sector shrank as a share of the market, not that tufting overtook knotting. The quotation and the exporter Jabir Ansari were also not found. Amar Ujala (2025, 2026) reports that knotted carpets are now a token share of exports and hand-tufted and handloom goods dominate, but gives no 1990s split. When hand-tufting overtook hand-knotting in India is undated. Exporter Jabir Ansari, Bhadohi. The only construction-split figure found anywhere: hand-knotted is now ₹3,000 crore of a ₹17,000 crore market, against up to 80% in the 1990s; weaver out-migration began in 2000. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): source not found. Quote and Jabir Ansari attribution not found. MISTRANSLATION: 'हस्तनिर्मित कालीन' means HANDMADE carpet, not hand-knotted. In Indian trade usage 'handmade' includes hand-tufted, so the figure cannot support 'hand-tufting overtook hand-knotting'. The inferred 1995–2005 crossover date rests on this mistranslation. Related Amar Ujala reports (2025-10-09; 2026-09-05) say that knotted carpets are now a token share of exports and that hand-tufted/handloom goods dominate, but they give no 1990s figure. Also: https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/bhadohi/cheap-handloom-and-hand-tufted-carpets-will-dominate-bhadohi-news-c-191-1-svns1017-132988-2025-10-09 · https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/bhadohi/exporters-are-more-focused-on-making-rugs-and-handwoven-carpets-on-pet-looms-bhadohi-news-c-191-1-svns1017-148191-2026-09-05 Earlier translation: "The hand-knotted carpet market is now only ₹3,000 crore out of ₹17,000 crore total, whereas in the 1990s it was as much as 80 percent. … From the year 2000, weaver out-migration began."