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About Jute – The Golden Fibre

Bangladesh’s heritage and the world’s eco-friendly future.

Basic Jute Products

What is Jute?

Jute, popularly known as the Golden Fibre, is one of the most important natural fibres of Bangladesh.
Thanks to its unique properties durability, biodegradability, eco-friendliness, and affordability it has been called the “Fibre of the Future”.

 It is produced from the plants of the genus Corchorus. Among over 40 species, two are commercially important:

  • Corchorus Capsularis (White Jute)
  • Corchorus Olitorius (Tossa Jute)

History & Heritage

Jute has been cultivated in the Bengal delta for centuries. It was once used in ropes, mats, and simple household items. During the industrial revolution, Bengal jute became the world’s major raw material for packaging.

 Today, Bangladesh remains the largest producer and exporter of raw jute and jute goods, keeping this heritage alive.

Types of Jute

Tossa Jute

Strong fibre, golden-brown colour, widely used for export.

White Jute

Softer fibre, used in ropes, twines, fabrics.

Mesta

Substitute fibre, often blended with jute.

Kenaf

Used in paper-pulp, non-woven & composites.

Properties & Advantages

100% Biodegradable & Eco-friendly
Easily dyed & blended with cotton.
Sustainable, renewable crop
Versatile for multiple industries
High tensile strength & durable
Affordable & widely available

Jute Growing Areas in Bangladesh

Jute is grown throughout the whole country in plenty. Bangladesh saviors an agro-ecological comparative advantage in terms of jute production as it acts as a drainage basin of massive rivers being presented with soil and availability of non-stagnant water for jute retting. The jute growing areas are broadly divided into three regions:

  1. Jat Area (Brahmaputra Alluvium): This area consists of parts of the districts of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tangail and Comilla of Bangladesh. These areas are often flooded during the year and thus fresh slits are carried to these areas which are very useful for jute cultivation. Jat area is renowned for highest quality jute fibers.
  2. District Area (Ganges Alluvium):  Kushtia, Jessore, Khulna, Rajshahi, Pabna and Dhaka districts are the parts of this area. There are two kinds of district jute namely, “Hard district” and “Soft district”. Hard district is relatively better than the soft district in terms of quality. District jute stands second in terms of quality.
  3. Northern Area (Tista Silt):   This area constitutes parts of districts of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bogra and Shirajgonj. Northern jute considered lowest in terms of quality.

Basic Jute Products

The most basic and essential jute commodities fabricated in Bangladesh jute mills are:

Canvas:

It is the finest jute item, woven with highly premium grades of fiber. Jute canvas and screen lamination along with paper polythene is widely used in mines and for getting protection against weather.

Sacking Cloth:

Made up of low quality jute fibers, sacking cloth is loosely woven heavy cloth used for packing sugar, food grains, cement etc. Weighing from 15 to 20 ozs, several qualities are available in this category like Twill, heavy Cees, D.W Flour, Cement Bags and many more.

Hessian Cloth:

It is a plain woven superior quality jute fabric, weighing between 5 and 12 ozs, a yard. Hessian cloth is highly exported all across the world in the form of cloth, bags etc. Also known as burlap, this cloth is vastly used in wide ambit of applications.

D.W. Tarpaulin:

This product is majorly used for coverings on a very high multidimensional scale. 

Bags: 

Used mainly for shopping, bags are usually fabricated from sacking or hessian cloths. They are often decorated with varied artistic designs and with straps, chains and handles in several dimensions and shapes. Other categories of bags are promotional bags which are manufactured to promote items for sale. 

Hydrocarbon free jute cloth:

This cloth is fabricated by treating jute with vegetable oil. It is a hessian fabric, hydrocarbon free cloth, widely used for packing different food materials, cocoa, coffee, peanut beans etc.

Geo-textile

It is a jute cloth laid along the river embankment sides and hill slopes to prevent soil erosion and landslides.

Serim Cloth: 

It is a light weight hessian cloth, used in felt industry for reinforcing the non woven fabric and for strengthening paper with lamination. 

Decorative items:

The vast variety of decorative products are made up of jute fabrics like wall hangings, toys, table lamps, paper, decorative bags, furniture and many more.

Hessian tapes and gaps: 

They are made up with hessian cloth, woven with gaps at regular intervals and the cloths cut between the gaps to make small width taps.