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1.6 Preferred Options for the Indian Jute Industry

1.6.1 The preferred options for the Indian Jute industry are summarized below:

i) Manufacture light weight all jute bags for packing of Food grains, Sugar and Oilseeds;
ii) Manufacture Polyjute bags for packaging of cement, Fertilizers and Urea;
iii) Manufacture diversified products i.e. JRP Laminated boxes / chests, Jute Geotextiles etc.

1.6.2 Demand Forecast

The demand for preferred jute products during the next few years is summarized below:

i) Light weight all jute bags

Year
Requirement
(
million bags, each of 50 kg capacity)
1991-92
1021
1995-96
1236
1999-2000
1523

ii) Polyjute bags

Year
Requirement
(
million bags, each of 50 kg capacity)
1991-92
164.4
1995-96
700.2
1999-2000
1332.8

iii) JRP Chests/Boxes

Year
Requirement
(million bags, each of 17 kg capacity)
1991-92
30.5
1995-96
172.8
1999-2000
352.6

iv) Jute geotextiles

Year
Requirement
(Lac Tonnes)
1991-92
0.03
1995-96
0.14
1999-2000
0.47

1.7 Production & Utilization of Jute Fibre

1.7.1 The anticipated production and utilization of jute fibre for production of Jute bags, polyjute bags, JRP Chests/Boxes and Jute geotextiles during the next few years are summarized below:

Year
Jute Fibre
Production
(Lac tonnes)
Utilization
(Lac Tonnes)
1991-92
12.7
8.22
1995-96
13.75
9.71
1999-2000
14.85
13.12

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