Proceedings of a Seminar held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
Rome, 13 December 2000
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Résumé
Resumen ejecutivo
Sumário executivo
Executive summary (Chinese version)
Overview of the Sisal and Henequen Industry: A Producers' Perspective
Overview of the Various Alternative Uses of Sisal
The Potential Market for Sisal and Henequen Geotextiles
Sisal Fibre: Market Opportunities in the Pulp and Paper Industry
Natural Fibre Composites in Structural Components: Alternative Applications for Sisal?
Green Fibres and Their Potential in Diversified Applications
Annex B: Statistical Appendix: FAO Data on Production and Trade of Sisal and Henequen, 1965 to 2000
Table I. Sisal and henequen production
Table II. Imports of raw sisal and henequen
Table III. Exports of raw sisal and henequen
Table IV. Imports of sisal and henequen manufactures
Table V. Exports of sisal and henequen manufactures