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Related Keywords: Bangla Tossa Rejection, Bangladesh government, Bangladesh Jute Association, categories of jute, demand withdrawn soon, discourage growers, imposed ban on raw material exports, Jute Industry, on January 18, restrict overseas sales of the natural fibre, without consultation

The Bangladesh government imposed the ban on raw material exports on January 18 without any consultation with the Bangladesh Jute Association which they said that it should be withdrawn soon for the sake of the jute industry.

The Association yesterday strongly protested the ban on raw jute exports, stating that the move would restrict overseas sales of the natural fibre and discourage growers.

Related Keywords: bear brunt with Centre planning, Bengal key player in jute sector, dependent on the sector, dilute the mandatory jute packaging order, from ninety percent to fifty percent for foodgrain packaging, Indan Jute Mills Association, Jute Industry, nearly a million people, produces around two hundred crore bags, Standing Advisory Committee on Jute

Bengal being the key player in the jute sector, will bear the brunt with the Centre planning to dilute the mandatory jute packaging order from 90 percent to 50 percent for foodgrain packaging where nearly a million people are dependent on the sector.

Starting this year the contingency plan is to reduce the use of jute bags by 5 percent each year and finally bring it down to 50 percent from 90 percent within the next seven years.

Related Keywords: announced government has allocated Rs one thousand two hundred eighty three crores, development of handloom, fifteen times more than previous year, inaugural of Juki Sewing Machine Training Centre, IT Minister K T Rama Rao, Jute Industry, recent budget, Textile Park in Barinepali village of Tagallapali mandal in the district Sircilla

IT Minister K T Rama Rao at the inaugural of Juki Sewing Machine Training Centre at the Textile Park in Barinepali village of Tagallapali mandal in the district Sircilla on Thursday announced that the government has allocated Rs 1,283 crores in the recent budget, which was 15 times more than the budget allocated in previous year for the development of handloom and jute industry in the State.

Related Keywords: country has now shrunk to producing jute, demand for more ecological packaging globally, dropped from government priority list, Indian customs authorities abruptly imposed excise duty, Jute Industry, Major exporter of jute to Europe, oods made of natural fibre, strengthened export potential

A major exporter of jute to Europe, the country has now shrunk to producing only 17,000 tonnes of jute. The jute industry has been dropped from the government’s priority list even though demand for more ecological packaging globally has strengthened its export potential. The government has also removed subsidies on fertilizers, seeds and pond construction.

Related Keywords: aim to promote good governance, by the State Procurement Agencies, facilitate purchase of Jute bags, Jute Industry, launched JUTE-SMART, online portal, to support jute workers and farmers, Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani

Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani with an overall aim to promote good governance has launched ‘JUTE-SMART’ an online portal to facilitate purchase of Jute bags from the Jute Industry by the State Procurement Agencies. Annually, nearly Rs 5,500 crore worth of jute sacking is procured through the government to support jute workers and farmers.

Related Keywords: a major destination of locally grown, are given tax benefits, Bangladesh government, Bangladesh Jute spinners association, enjoy source tax, Export Promotion Bureau, facing sluggish demand abroad, Jute Industry, processed natural fibre, prolonged crisis in the Middle East, support jute goods exporters

The Bangladesh government to support jute goods exporters and the industry that has been facing sluggish demand abroad are given tax benefits. The move comes at a time when the jute industry has been suffering sluggish demand for sacks, bags and yarn, owing mainly to the prolonged crisis in the Middle East, a major destination of locally grown and processed natural fibre.

Related Keywords: . B-Twill sacking bags, Centre contemplating decrease in subsidy, golden fiber, governement set to 'cap' prices of raw jute, higher burden of subsidy, Jute Commissioner, jute cultivation, Jute Industry, on rise, one cheapest items India produces, price of jute produce, raw jute, shortage in production

The jute cultivation and jute industry that faced huge losses and shortage in production due to floods in West Bengal last year is a cause of concern for the government as the price of jute, that is one of the cheapest items India produces, is on rise, said a senior official in the Ministry of Textiles.

Raw jute prices have already touched an unprecedented high of Rs 54,000 a tonne, twice the level of Rs 27,000 per tonne in the year-ago period. Mill owners and traders feel commercial intervention by JCI would spike raw jute prices to the level of Rs 60000 a tonne.

Related Keywords: 90 percent for foodgrains, dilute mandatory jute packaging, Jute Industry, Jute Packaging Materials Act, performance and production trends, product diversification, Union textiles ministry

The Union textiles ministry keeping in view the performance and production trends of sacking bags of the jute industry over the years has proposed to dilute the mandatory jute packaging order mandated under Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPMA), 1987.

The dilution moves is also aimed at gradually decreasing the dependence of jute mills on sacking and persuade them to go for product diversification.

Related Keywords: allied fibre, environmental scenario, golden fibre, international conference on natural fibres, Jute Industry, NIR-JAFT, President Pranab Mukherjee, world economic

President Pranab Mukherjee at the inauguration of the international conference on natural fibres, marking the end of the platinum jubilee celebrations of the National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology (NIR-JAFT), Mukherjee said that a host of reasons has led to the disquieting trends in the jute industry and called for collaborative effort by all stakeholders to develop the jute sector.
 

Related Keywords: green products, Jute Industry, jute shopping bags, Jute Technology Mission, West Bengal jute sector, worldwide demand

The world's nearly 95 percent of jute is grown in India and Bangladesh but the turnover of this sector is small compared to cotton and the synthetic fibres. The jute industry, that once paved the way for industrialization in West Bengal, is facing a lot of challenges of survival.