Table 8 - World production of Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres
	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousand tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
Jute fibre:
World	2 741.3	3 045.6	2 212.4	2 105.0	2 185.0	2 501.0
Developing countries	2 741.3	3 045.6	2 212.4	2 105.0	2 185.0	2 501.0
Far East	2 741.3	3 045.6	2 212.4	2 105.0	2 185.0	2 501.0
Bangladesh	1 062.2	1 242.7	851.9	731.5	720.0	876.6
India	1 625.6	1 754.3	1 311.8	1 331.8	1 422.0	1 580.0
Myanmar	39.5	33.1	33.5	26.5	27.8	28.0
Nepal	14.0	15.5	15.2	15.2	15.2	16.4
Kenaf and Allied fibres:
World	761.3	818.7	553.6	459.8	420.0	450.3
Developing countries	753.9	811.3	546.3	452.8	413.0	443.3
Far East	703.9	763.0	501.2	410.0	371.7	403.5
China	364.9	429.5	248.0	164.0	126.0	136.0
India	210.4	198.7	182.2	198.2	198.0	220.0
Cambodia	0.9	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Indonesia	3.4	3.8	7.2	7.0	7.0	7.0
Thailand	109.3	106.4	47.2	29.7	29.6	29.5
VietNam	15.0	22.3	14.6	9.1	9.1	9.0
Latin America	31.0	28.8	27.1	25.4	25.7	25.0
Brazil	12.0	11.8	8.6	7.9	8.2	8.0
Cuba	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Africa	13.9	14.2	13.8	13.7	12.0	11.5
Near East	5.1	5.3	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.3
Developed countries	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.0	7.0	7.0
Total Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres:
World	3 502.6	3 864.3	2 766.0	2 564.8	2 604.9	2 950.7
Developing countries	3 495.2	3 856.9	2 758.7	2 557.8	2 597.9	2 943.7
Far East	3 445.2	3 808.6	2 713.6	2 515.0	2 556.6	2 903.9
Bangladesh	1 062.2	1 242.7	851.9	731.5	720.0	876.6
China	364.9	429.5	248.0	164.0	126.0	136.0
India	1 836.0	1 953.0	1 494.0	1 530.0	1 620.0	1 800.0
Cambodia	0.9	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Indonesia	3.4	3.8	7.2	7.0	7.0	7.0
Myanmar	39.5	33.1	33.5	26.5	27.8	28.0
Nepal	14.0	15.5	15.2	15.2	15.2	16.4
Thailand	109.3	106.4	47.2	29.7	29.6	29.5
VietNam	15.0	22.3	14.6	9.1	9.1	9.0
Latin America	31.0	28.8	27.1	25.4	25.7	25.0
Africa	13.9	14.2	13.8	13.7	12.0	11.5
Near East	5.1	5.3	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.3
Developed countries	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.0	7.0	7.0

Table 9 - Area, production and yield of Jute, Kenaf and Allied fibres in major producing countries
	BANGLADESH	CHINA	INDIA	MYANMAR	NEPAL	THAILAND
AREA
(thousand ha)
1996/97	547.6	147.0	1 014.0	43.3	11.2	76.0
1997/98	647.5	162.1	1 115.0	34.1	11.0	66.6
1998/99	477.5	92.7	1 000.0	37.3	12.3	30.0
1999/00	414.8	65.8	1 035.0	33.0	11.7	18.6
2000/01	448.0	50.0	873.0	31.0	14.5	18.4
2001/02	463.8	50.0	980.0	31.0	11.3	18.4
(thousand acres)
1996/97	1 353.1	363.1	2 505.7	107.1	27.6	187.9
1997/98	1 600.0	400.6	2 755.3	84.1	27.2	164.6
1998/99	1 180.0	229.1	2 471.1	92.3	30.3	74.1
1999/00	1 025.0	162.6	2 557.6	81.5	28.8	46.0
2000/01	1 107.0	123.6	2 157.3	76.6	35.9	45.5
2001/02	1 146.0	123.6	2 421.7	76.6	27.9	45.5
Y I E L D
(tonne / ha)
1996/97	1.94	2.48	1.81	0.91	1.26	1.44
1997/98	1.92	2.65	1.75	0.97	1.41	1.60
1998/99	1.78	2.68	1.49	0.90	1.24	1.57
1999/00	1.76	2.49	1.48	0.80	1.30	1.60
2000/01	1.61	2.52	1.86	0.90	0.96	1.61
2001/02	1.89	2.72	1.84	0.90	1.24	1.60
(bales / acre)
1996/97	4.36	5.58	4.07	2.05	2.82	3.23
1997/98	4.31	5.96	3.94	2.19	3.17	3.59
1998/99	4.01	6.01	3.36	2.02	2.79	3.54
1999/00	3.96	5.60	3.32	1.80	2.93	3.59
2000/01	3.61	5.67	4.17	2.01	2.17	3.62
2001/02	4.25	6.12	4.13	2.03	2.79	3.60
PRODUCTION
(thousand tonnes)
1996/97	1 062.2	364.9	1 836.0	39.5	14.0	109.3
1997/98	1 242.7	429.5	1 953.0	33.1	15.5	106.4
1998/99	851.9	248.0	1 494.0	33.5	15.2	47.2
1999/00	731.5	164.0	1 530.0	26.5	15.2	29.7
2000/01	720.0	126.0	1 620.0	27.8	14.0	29.6
2001/02	876.6	136.0	1 800.0	28.0	14.0	29.5
(lakh bales)
1996/97	59.01	20.27	102.00	2.19	0.78	6.07
1997/98	69.04	23.86	108.50	1.84	0.86	5.91
1998/99	47.33	13.78	83.00	1.86	0.84	2.62
1999/00	40.64	9.11	85.00	1.47	0.84	1.65
2000/01	40.00	7.00	90.00	1.54	0.78	1.65
2001/02	48.70	7.56	100.00	1.56	0.78	1.64