How is jute obtained from the jute plant?

Jute is obtained from the Jute plant by the following steps:

• The jute fibre comes from the stem and ribbon (outer skin) of the jute plant. 

• The fibres are first extracted by retting. The retting process consists of bundling jute stems together and immersing them in slow running water. 

• There are two types of retting: stem and ribbon. 

• After the retting process, stripping begins; women and children usually do this job. In the stripping process, non-fibrous matter is scraped off, then the workers dig in and grab the fibres from within the jute stem. These fibres are used to make further products.