page_title: Jute
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Jute / Production
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: আঁশ ছাড়ানোর উদ্দেশ্যে পাট পঁচানো হচ্ছে। অনেক স্থানে এটি "জাগ দেয়া" নামে পরিচিত। ছবিগুলো খুলনা জেলার কয়রা থানার ভাগবাহ গ্রাম সংলগ্ন এলাকা থেকে তোলা।
context_page_description: Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced primarily from plants in the genus Corchorus, which was once classified with the family Tiliaceae. The primary source of the fiber is Corchorus olitorius, but it is considered inferior to Corchorus capsularis. "Jute" is the name of the plant or fiber used to make burlap, hessian or gunny cloth.
  Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibers, and second only to cotton in the amount produced and variety of uses. Jute fibers are composed primarily of the plant materials cellulose and lignin. It falls into the bast fiber category along with kenaf, industrial hemp, flax, ramie, etc. The industrial term for jute fiber is raw jute. The fibers are off-white to brown, and 1–4 metres long. Jute is also called the golden fiber for its color and high cash value.
context_section_description: The jute fiber comes from the stem and ribbon (outer skin) of the jute plant. The fibers are first extracted by retting. The retting process consists of bundling jute stems together and immersing them in slow running water. There are two types of retting: stem and ribbon. After the retting process, stripping begins; women and children usually do this job. In the stripping process, non-fibrous matter is scraped off, then the workers dig in and grab the fibers from within the jute stem.
  Jute is a rain-fed crop with little need for fertilizer or pesticides, in contrast to cotton's heavy requirements.  Production is concentrated mostly in Bangladesh, as well as India's states of Assam, Bihar, and West Bengal. India is the world's largest producer of jute, but imported approximately 162,000 tonnes of raw fiber and 175,000 tonnes 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 Coast, Germany and Brazil.
caption: Jute stems being retted in water to separate the fibers
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