Kashmir has a wide range of verities in silk textile designs . The weaves popularly known as 'chinon' and 'crepe de chine' are some of the fine qualities produced from the silk yarn.

Sericulture industry is supervised by the state government of Jammu & Kashmir.
As the state provides little raw-material for silk, weaving and printing of silk is not done on large scale in the valley.

But its a known fact that the Mulberry cocoon reared in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is the superior quality in the Asia. It yields a very fine fiber can be compares with the best in the world.