FIBRES BULLETIN December 2001

Contents CCP: JU/HF/ST/2001/2 Jute, Kenaf, Sisal, Abaca, Coir, and Alliend Fibres STATISTICS DECEMBER 2001 Jute, Kénaf, Sisal, Abaca, Coco et Fibres Apparentées STATISTIQUES DÉCEMBRE 2001 Yute, Kenaf, Sisal, Abaca, Bonote y Fibras Afines ESTADISTICAS DICIEMBRE 2001

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The tables contained in this document bring together governments' replies to the Group's latest questionnaires, supplemented by other data available to the Secretariat at 31 December 2001. It is prepared in Commodities and Trade Division, FAO, Rome and it is available at the following FAO Web site: http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/ESC/esce/escr/jute/jutee.htm

Contents

Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres

Current Supply and Demand Situation

Table 1 - Jute/Kenaf: Estimated supplies, domestic requirements, exports and imports in major producing countries, 2000/01

Table 2 - Jute/Kenaf: Forecast of supplies, domestic requirements, exports and imports in major producing countries, 2001/02

Prices

Table 3 - Prices of jute and competing crops at grower level in major producing countries

Table 4 - Representative monthly export and import prices of Jute fibre and Indicative Price of BWD grade

Table 5 - Monthly export prices of jute products in Bangladesh

Table 6- Monthly export prices of jute products in India

Table 7 - Monthly export prices of jute products in Thailand

Production

Table 8 - World production of Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres

Table 9 - Area, production and yield of Jute, Kenaf and Allied fibres in major producing countries

Trade

Table 10 - World exports of Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres (crop year)

Table 11 - World exports of products of jute, kenaf and allied fibres

Table 12 - World total exports of raw and processed jute, kenaf and allied fibres

Table 13 - World imports of raw jute, kenaf and allied fibres

Table 14 - World imports of products of jute, kenaf and allied fibres

Table 15 - World total imports of raw and processed jute, kenaf and allied fibres

Table 16 - Monthly exports of raw jute and products by type from Bangladesh

Table 17 - Monthly exports of jute products by type from India

Table 18 - Monthly exports of raw kenaf and products by type from Thailand

Manufacturing

Table 19 - Monthly production and stocks of jute products by type in Bangladesh

Table 20 - Monthly production and stocks of jute products by type in India

Table 21 - Monthly production and stocks of jute products by type in Thailand

Table 22 - Monthly production and stocks of jute products by type in Pakistan

Table 23 - Monthly production of jute products by type in Myanmar

Special Information

Table 24 - Closing Stocks and Mill Consumption of Jute, Kenaf and Allied fibres in the major

Table 25 - Prices of Polypropylene, its base chemical, chemical feedstock and raw material, in Western Europe and United States

Table 26 - Comparative price position of jute fibre and polypropylene polymer in Western Europe

Table 27 - Comparative price position of jute and polypropylene yarn in United Kingdom

Table 28 - Comparative price position of jute and polypropylene sacks in United Kingdom

Table 29 - Exchange rates

Sisal

Table 30 - Production of Sisal, Henequen and other similar hard fibres.

Table 31 - Sisal and henequen fibres and manufactures: Exports from producing countries

Table 32 - Sisal: Prices of representative grades, 1992-2001

Table 33 - Estimated market prices for agricultural twines made from sisal/henequen and polypropylene

Table 34 - Sisal : Imports of manufactures

Abaca

Table 35 - Production of Abaca

Table 36- Exports of Abaca: fibre and manufactures from producing countries

Table 37 - Abaca: Prices of representative grades, 1992-2001

Table 38 - Abaca : Imports of fibre and manufactures

Coir

Table 39 - Production of coir fibre

Table 40 - Production of coir yarn.

Table 41 - Exports of coir fibre from producing countries.

Table 42 - Coir: Prices of fibres and yarn

Table 43 - Exports of coir yarn from producing countries.

Table 44 - Exports of coir mats, mattings and rugs from principal exporting countries.

Table 45 - Imports of Coir yarn into principal importing countries.

Table 46 - Imports of coir mats, matting and rugs into principal importing countries

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