Raw jute exporter in Bangladesh

Buying raw jute in Bangladesh

Raw jute is the bast fibre of the jute plant, freed from the stem by retting in water after the monsoon harvest, graded by colour, strength, fineness and root content, and pressed into bales for spinning mills at home and abroad. A raw jute exporter in Bangladesh is judged on how closely the bales match the grade sample and the moisture limit.

Roptan sources it for you. Send the grade and quantity; we match it to verified balers and licensed exporters, put their offers on one basis of grade, crop year, moisture and bale weight, have bales opened and tested by an independent surveyor at loading, and ship or deliver to your mill. You deal with Roptan only.

Raw jute we source

What to tell a raw jute exporter in Bangladesh

Fibre type and grade

Tossa or white jute, the export grade code and a sealed reference sample you both keep. The grade weighs colour, strength, fineness, root content and defects, and a code alone invites disputes.

Crop year and colour

New or old crop and the harvest year. New crop reaches the market from about July; colour depends on the crop and the retting water, and stored fibre darkens with age and light.

Moisture

Jute's standard moisture regain is 13.75%. Fibre traded in the monsoon often carries more, so state the limit, oven drying as the test, and the weight adjustment for excess.

Root content and cleanliness

The share of hard root ends allowed, or whether roots must be cut off, plus limits on bark, specks and foreign matter. Heavy root raises waste in carding and lowers yarn quality.

Bales and marks

Bale weight and hoops; grade, lot and bale number on every bale, a weight list per bale, and no plastic string, which shows as faults in yarn.

Quantity, shipment and sampling

Tonnes or bales per shipment, containers per month and the latest shipment date; FOB Chattogram or Mongla, or CFR or CIF to your port; and who draws samples, and where.

Grades, licences and export papers for raw jute

Department of Jute licence

Raw jute exporters need a licence from the Department of Jute. Ask for the current licence in the exporter's name, alongside the ERC.

Bangladesh grade codes

Trade codes start BT for Bangla Tossa and BW for Bangla White, with lettered grades and R for rejections. Attach the grade description to the contract.

Moisture and weight report

Moisture by oven drying and bale weights, checked at loading by an independent surveyor against the limit in the contract; the certificate can be a document under your letter of credit.

Phytosanitary and fumigation certificates

A phytosanitary certificate from the Plant Quarantine Wing of the DAE where your country asks for one, and container fumigation where the importer requires it.

ERC and certificate of origin

The ERC issued by the CCI&E and a certificate of origin for each shipment in the exporter's name; for EU GSP, a REX statement on origin.

What moves the price of raw jute

• The crop: the size and quality of each monsoon harvest set prices for the season.
• Grade and type: better colour, strength and less root cost more, and Tossa usually costs more than white jute of a similar grade.
• Moisture and cleanliness limits, which change the usable fibre in each tonne; extra moisture is water paid for at fibre prices.
• Timing within the season, as stocks run down before the new crop, and export policy, since raw jute exports have at times been restricted.
• Pressing, inspection, inland transport and port costs, which differ between Chattogram and Mongla.

Lead times and delivery

Typical ranges: graded jute in stock usually ships two to four weeks after the contract and inspection booking. Large lots or particular grades early in the season can take four to eight weeks while fibre is bought, graded and pressed. Flooding, export policy changes and Eid holidays add time. Roptan confirms the dates in the quote.

Inside Bangladesh we deliver kutcha or pucca bales by truck or river to your spinning mill in Narayanganj, Khulna, Jashore or elsewhere, weighed at a weighbridge and kept off wet floors. Each delivery carries the packing list, the grade and moisture reports and a VAT invoice (Mushak 6.3) where VAT applies. Wet or short-weight bales are raised with Roptan, not the shipper.

Buying raw jute for export

For importers we quote FOB Chattogram (Chittagong) or FOB Mongla in pucca bales, loaded into clean, dry containers with the bale marks recorded; jute burns easily and must be kept dry and away from heat. Documents: commercial invoice, packing list with bale numbers and weights, bill of lading, certificate of origin, the surveyor's grade, moisture and weight certificate, and phytosanitary and fumigation certificates where required. Payment is commonly by letter of credit at sight.

What we check for this order

• Jute licence and ERCThe exporter's Department of Jute licence and ERC, current and in the name on the quote, so the letter of credit and documents go through.
• Grade against the sampleBales opened at random and compared with the sealed sample for colour, strength, roots and defects by an independent surveyor.
• Moisture at loadingAn oven-dry moisture test on samples drawn at loading, because wet jute adds paid weight, heats in the bale and can rot.
• A visit before the first bulk orderThe press house and godown seen in person, including how bales are graded, marked and kept dry and off the floor.