Raw jute is grown in the Bengal districts and in Assam and Bihar, retted and graded there, then baled and sold into the mill belt that runs along both banks of the Hooghly. A mill batches and softens the fibre, cards and spins it, weaves hessian or sacking, then finishes, cuts and stitches it into bags before dispatch. Government sacking orders and open-market export orders run side by side through the same looms.
Kolkata is not just a market for jute; it is where the mills, the association, the government procurement agency and the export trade all sit within the same city. That concentration is why an order for hessian cloth is usually placed here even when the mill itself is thirty kilometres upriver.
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Kolkata, West Bengal
A Kolkata-headquartered jute manufacturer and exporter in the business since the late 1800s, known for technical jute textiles and geotextiles, exporting to over 30 countries.
Kolkata, West Bengal
A century-old manufacturer of jute fabrics for packaging, agriculture and industrial use, with a mill at Budge Budge and speciality treated and coated jute lines.
Kolkata, West Bengal
Owned by the Kankaria Group, operating a large facility along the Hooghly at Chengail, Howrah, with value-added jute felt and agro products.
Kolkata, West Bengal
An IJMA member mill in the Budge Budge belt of 24 Parganas (South).
Kolkata, West Bengal
An IJMA member mill at Budge Budge.
Kolkata, West Bengal
An IJMA member mill at Hazinagar, 24 Parganas (North).
Kolkata, West Bengal
A long-established mill company of the Hooghly belt.
Kolkata, West Bengal
An IJMA member mill at Fort Gloster, Howrah district.
Kolkata, West Bengal
A jute mill company based in Howrah, West Bengal.
Kolkata, West Bengal
A listed company whose jute division operates in the West Bengal mill belt.
Kolkata, West Bengal
The central government agency for raw jute price support and procurement, headquartered in Kolkata.
Kolkata, West Bengal
A fully government-owned enterprise operating mills including National, Alexandra, Union, Khardah, Kinnison and RBHM, and a supplier of B-Twill sacking.
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