Jute production rises 33 lakh bales in 10 yrs: Abdus Shahid

Jute production rises 33 lakh bales in 10 yrs: Abdus Shahid

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid today said jute production has risen 33 lakh bales in the last 10 years due to jute-friendly policy taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government.
"In 2015, the country annual jute production was 51 lakh bales. But in 2022-2023 fiscal, jutie production was around 84 lakh bales. Of them, around 43 lakh bales jute and jute goods were exported making around 8,000 crore export earnings," he said.
The agriculture minister was addressing a seminar on success and potentials of genome centre in jute research at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) at Manik Miah Avenue in the capital this afternoon.