The jute plant grows six to ten feet in height. It has no branches. The stem of the jute plant is covered with thick bark and it contains the fibre. Jute is harvested in the rainy season in Bangladesh and grows best in a warm and humid climate, the plants grow up and then they are cut, tied up in bundles and kept under water for fermentation for several days. Thus the stems rot and the fibres from the bark become loose. Then the cultivators pull of the fibres from the bark and wash the fibres very carefully, dry them in the sun and put them in bundles for sale. Jute grows well in moist and swampy lands. Bangladesh has plenty of low lands that go under water during rainy season. Eighty percent of the world's high quality jute grows in Bangladesh.
(source: www.coirtex.co.za/services/process.htm)
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thanks Tin, this makes it much more clear now.
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