Knit cuttings (jhut) exporter in Bangladesh

Buying knit cuttings (jhut) in Bangladesh

Knit cuttings are the jhut left when T-shirt, polo, fleece and rib fabric is cut into garment parts. Much factory waste is pure cotton: one 2019 analysis found almost half of the waste from Bangladesh's garment and fabric mills was. Recycling mills at home and abroad shred knit cuttings back into fibre for new yarn.

Jhut is usually traded without any national grade, so a knit cuttings (jhut) exporter in Bangladesh delivers only what the contract defines. Roptan sources from verified sorters around Mirpur, Tongi, Gazipur and Narayanganj, writes cotton share, colour, elastane, trims and moisture into the order, checks every lot and ships or delivers it. You deal with Roptan only.

Kinds of knit cuttings (jhut)

How to brief a knit cuttings (jhut) exporter in Bangladesh

Cotton share

100 percent cotton, or the minimum cotton share you accept, and the lab method that settles any difference over it.

Elastane

A limit in percent by weight. Around 5 percent elastane is usually enough to make fabric unsuitable for most mechanical recycling machines, so stretch cuttings need their own sort.

Colour

White, single colours or colour groups, each with a reference bag. Recyclers sort by fibre before colour, so pay for a colour sort only on a clean fibre sort.

Trims and plastic

Zips, buttons, thread, elastic, plastic bags, hangers and bobbins leave cutting rooms with the fabric. Set a limit by weight, and no metal, which recyclers must strip out before shredding.

Moisture

A moisture limit and storage under cover, because damp cotton can heat up on its own.

Codes and tests for knit cuttings

HS 6310.10 and 6310.90

Heading 6310 covers new and used rags and scrap textiles, 'sorted' or 'other'. Bangladeshi jhut exports are usually declared here; the broker confirms the line for each sort.

ISO 1833-11 and ISO 1833-20

Chemical analysis of blends: Part 11 for cotton with certain other fibres such as polyester, Part 20 for elastane mixtures. Ask for a report on bales from your lot.

GRS, RCS and the Materials Matter Standard

GRS and RCS accept pre-consumer cutting waste; GRS needs at least 50 percent recycled content. Both are moving into the Materials Matter Standard, effective 31 December 2026.

Customs Act 2023, section 117

Waste from manufacture in a bonded warehouse must be destroyed or have duty paid on it, so jhut from a bonded garment factory usually leaves with customs treatment behind it.

What moves the price of knit cuttings

• Knit or woven: traders usually price knit jhut above woven jhut.
• Cotton and colour: white, sorted 100 percent cotton sells above blends and mixed colours.
• Piece colour and size, by which traders usually price each sack of cuttings.
• The price of cotton, since jhut is sold to spinners as a cheaper alternative to it.
• Any minimum export value in force for jhut sorts; Roptan confirms it before quoting.

Lead times and delivery

Knit cuttings follow garment output, so supply usually rises and falls with knit factories' orders. A mixed lot is usually quicker to gather than white cotton, a single colour or an elastane-free lot, which must be collected until it fills your load, then tested. Roptan confirms the dates and any minimum in the quote.

Jhut is gathered and sorted in trading clusters: Mirpur in Dhaka, Tongi, Kaliakoir and Sreepur in Gazipur, Savar and Narayanganj. Inside Bangladesh we deliver the bales dry and covered to your spinning or recycling mill, with a packing list by bale, the blend test report and a VAT invoice (Mushak 6.3).

Buying knit cuttings (jhut) for export

We quote FOB Chattogram (Chittagong). The exporter holds a current ERC from the CCI&E, and the papers usually include the invoice, packing list by bale, bill of lading, certificate of origin and any pre-shipment inspection your country requires. Your import permits apply on top. Press reports show minimum export values set for jhut sorts in the past, so Roptan confirms any in force before quoting.

What we check for this order

• Blend test on every lotBales opened from each lot, not only the first, and tested for composition, since mixing other fibres into cotton waste is a reported practice.
• Stretch and metal countStretch pieces, zips, buttons and plastic checked against the written limits before baling.
• Dry, oil-free balesBales stored under cover and checked for damp and oil, since wet or oily cotton can self-heat and is listed as dangerous goods for shipping.
• Customs trailFor jhut from a bonded garment factory, the seller's record of how the waste was cleared.