Jute is known as the second most essential Natural Fiber after the cotton. Jute is a name of the plant that is also bio-degradable and used to make hessian, burlap and gunny cloth. The well-known name for jute is Golden Fiber due to its golden color & high monetary value. Jute, the vegetable fiber is a soft, shiny and long fiber that can be easily spun into coarse or strong threads.
Jute is a yearly crop grown for the most part of the year in India & Bangladesh on the fertile Ganges Delta. 90% of the world’s jute is reaped in Bangladesh and the rest in India. The mechanical term for jute fiber is crude jute. The strands are grayish to brown, and about 1-4 meters (3-13 feet) long.
Jute needs a plain alluvial soil and standing water. The reasonable atmosphere for jute farming is warm & wet due to which the best season is during monsoon. Where the temperatures go from 20 degree C to 40 degree C and relative moistness reaches to 70%-80% are positive for fruitful cultivation. Soft water is the essential element needed for the jute production.
The big shots of India or better said the business tycoons such as the Tata, Birla & Mittal had jute items, to be traded and imported as their first business.
The biggest producer of Jute is India as it’s climate suits the jute cultivation well and also it is Eco-friendly due to which jute and its products are accepted globally by environmentalists. Some of the range of basic Eco-friendly products made from jute are mentioned below:
Canvas , Bags, Jute Rugs, Cloth , Fashion and Decorative products.
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