Production At Glance
1. | Average land area under raw jute & mesta cultivation (Average of last four years) | 799 thousand hectares | ||
2. | Average production of raw jute & mestas (Average of last four years) | 10,990 thousand bales | ||
3. | Numbers of composite jute mills | 97 | ||
4. | Satewise distribution of composite jute mills | West Bengal | 71 | |
Andhra Pradesh | 12 | |||
Bihar | 3 | |||
U.P. | 3 | |||
Assam | 2 | |||
Orissa | 3 | |||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | |||
Tripura | 1 | |||
5. | Number of workers employed in composite jute mills (as on 31 March 2018) | 77,537 approx (permanent workers) | ||
93,096 approx (other workers) | ||||
6. | Average production of jute goods in composite jute mills (Average of last four years) | 1,128 thousand tons per annam. | ||
7. | Average export of jute goods (Average of last four Years) | 149 thousand tons, Rs. 19847 million per annam. | ||
8. | Average domestic demand for jute goods (Average of last four Years) | 1,065 thousand tons per annam. | ||
9. | Goverment of India - owned jute mills under control and management of National Jute Manufactures Corporation Ltd. | Alexander, Khardah, Kinnison, National, RBHM and Union. | ||
10. | 100% export-oriented units (as on Jan., 2014) | There is 1 (One) 100% EOU in jute sector producing broadly high jute decorative fabircs, fine hessian cloth, jute bags and blended fabrics. | ||
1. Cheviot Co. Ltd. (Falta SEZ) | ||||
11. | Insalled looms in 100% export-oriented units(as on Jan. 2014) | 48,434 | Hessian | 17,358 |
Sacking | 25,237 | |||
C B C | 549 | |||
Other | 5,290 | |||
12. | Installed spindles in jute mills other than 100% export-oriented units (as on Jan., 2014) | 7,48,900 | Fine | 6,04,736 |
Coarse | 1,44,164 | |||
13. | Installed capacity of composite jute Mills other than 100% export-oriented units. (on the basis of 305 working days per year & JMDC Productivity Norms.) | 2,758 thousand tons per Annum. |