Action to unlock commercial fibre potential
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 15 November 2011
Multi-stakeholder consultation in conjunction with the joint meeting of the intergovernmental group on hard fibres and the Intergovernmental group on jute, kenaf and allied fibres.

Presentations and report

Consultation on Natural Fibres, Rome, 31 January to 1 February 2007

• Current market situation for jute and kenaf; sisal and henequen; abaca and coir
• The comovement of jute and hard fibres prices with the prices of polypropylene and crude oil

Sixth Intersessional Consultation on Natural Fibres, London, 2 December 2005

• Current Situation for jute, sisal, abaca, coir
• Hard fibres projects financed by the Common Fund for Commodities
• Report of Consultation

Consultation on Natural Fibres, Rome, 15-16 December 2004

• Current Situation and Short Term Outlook
• Projections to 2012: Hard Fibres, Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres
• The Environmental Impact of Hard Fibres and Jute in Non-Textile Industrial Applications
• Long background paper on environmental impact of Fibre Crops (van Dam and Bos)

5th Inter-sessional Consultation on Natural Fibres, Rome, 26 March 2004

• Current Situation - Jute and Hard Fibres
• Update on Common Fund Projects
• Commodity Development Strategy
• Project Proposal: Natural Fibre Composites
• Report of Consultation

Consultation on Fibres Salvador, Brazil, 8-9 July 2003

• 03/1 Current Situation and Short Term Outlook (.pdf)
• 03/3 Projections for Jute to the year 2010
• 03/4 Projections for Hard Fibres to the year 2010
• 03/5 Impact of Trade Restrictions in Fibres trade
• 03/6 China's kenaf industry
• Powerpoint: Rik Brouwer (2.39 MB)
• Powerpoint: Holmer Savastano (4.6 MB)
• Powerpoint: Brett Suddell (3.5 MB)

Consultation on Fibres, Rome 12-14 December 2000

• Jute and polypropylene woven sacks market in western europe
• China's jute and kenaf market: review and prospects
• Sisal production and marketing in China: retrospect and prospect
• Implications of jute production on food security of households