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India has the bulk of the jute industry (60%), but the raw jute comes mainly from Bangladesh which is the second-largest producer of jute products. Carpet backing cloth (CBC), the third major jute outlet, is quickly growing in prominence. Currently it accounts for roughly 15% of the world's jute consumption globally.
Jute is primarily grown in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Andhra Pradesh. India is the largest producer or cultivator of jute in the world. Its 1987 law mandating the use of jute for certain packaging is one reason it is also the largest consumer of jute in the world. [2]
India is the world's largest producer of jute, [11] [12] but imported approximately 162,000 tonnes [13] of raw fiber and 175,000 tonnes [14] of jute products in 2011. India, Pakistan , and China import significant quantities of jute fiber and products from Bangladesh, as do the United Kingdom , Japan , United States , France , Spain , Ivory ...
The second mill, Sadat Jute Industries Limited, was established in 1985 in Debidwar Upazila, Comilla. [3] Janata Jute Mills Limited announced plans to expand production to jute shopping bags in 2014. [4] It was exporting jute sacks in Thailand and after failing to meet demand from its own factory had outsourced sacks from two other mills. [5]
This increased the number of jute mills owned by Bengalis. By 1970, East Pakistan had 77 jute mills, employing 170 thousand people. Pakistan earned 77 million rupees from the export of jute from East Pakistan and became the world's largest exporter of jute. Jute as percentage of foreign revenue increased from 0.2 percent in 1952 to 46 percent ...
[2] [3] [4] By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India, George Acland's Mill of 1855, at Rishra, being the oldest. [5] The world's largest jute mill was the Adamjee Jute Mills at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, which closed all operations in 2002. [6] Jack London worked in a jute mill before becoming a successful writer. [7]
Gradually, the mill became the largest jute mill in the world, exceeding the jute mills of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, and Dundee, Scotland. [1] The mills were nationalised after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972. It was operated by the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation before being closed down in 2002. [2] [3]
India is the second largest producer of fibre. The country is the world's largest producer of cotton and jute. [5] [6] India is also the world's second largest producer of silk. [7] Other fibres produced in India include wool, and man-made fibres. 100% FDI is allowed via automatic route in textile sector.