Jute is a plant fiber commonly used in storage bags, flooring, homeware, and apparel. Learn how jute is grown and processed and its environmental advantages. Jute is a long, rough, shiny fiber from plants in the mallow family. It is mainly used for packaging, clothing, and food in South Asia and other regions. jute, Either of two herbaceous annuals (Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, in the linden family), or their fibre. The plants grow 10–12 ft (3–4 m) high and have long, serrated, tapered, light green leaves and small yellow flowers. Jute has been grown and processed in the Bengal area of India and Bangladesh since ancient times. Jute fiber comes from the stem of the jute plant and is the second most important vegetable fiber, after cotton, when it comes to production and use. Global jute market on the basis of type, covering jute sack bags and jute shopping bags. Currently, jute sack bags dominate the market, accounting for the majority of the sales volume.
