Myanmar Jute Industries (MJI) has become an entity under Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI) since 1994, agro-based Industries under the Ministry of Industries (1) were handed over to MOAI for better co-ordination between crop output and factory production.
There are altogether six separate jute growing and purchasing zones under MJI viz:  Ma -U Bin zone, Hinthada zone, Tharyarwady zone, Taungoo zone. Yangon Division is directly supervised by MJI Head-office.

The factories under MJI produce the following commodities:
(a) Jute
Long Jute, White / Tossa,  Grade A, B, C, D, E, E2 , Cutting, White/ Tossa, Cutting I, Cutting II.
(b) Jute Products
Jute Bags, Hessian, Carpet backing Cloth, Jute Carpets, Cotton Carpets, Polypropylene Carpets, Wool Carpets, Stuffer Yarns, Jute Twines, Jute Yarns, Sacking Cloth, Jute Handicrafts, Various Writing -Papers, File Covers, Exercise Books, Tissue Paper

EXPORT The major items of export from MJI are as follows: Raw Jute, Jute Bags, Hessian, Carpet Backing Cloth, Carpets, Stuffer Yarns. Yearly total Jute grown area, jute production and export quantity are as shown below:   Year  Total Jute Jute grown area (Hectare) Jute production (M. Tons) Export Quantity (M. Tons) 1994-95 39332  34619  - 1995-96 50022 43253 4953 1996-97 46830 39486 1987 1997-98  37899 33087 4980 1998-99 40331 23342 - 1999-2000 39657 29401 10000

 

Area and yield of jute and allied fibre production in Myanmar in comparison to other major jute producing countries.

Country Area  (2002/2003) (’000 ha) Yield (1998/99-2002/03) (mt/ha) Bangladesh 500 1.79 China 56 2.53 India 1000 1.86 Myanmar 58 0.85 Nepal 11 1.13 Thailand 19 1.54