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Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres (EST-712)
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Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres |
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EST-712 |
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| Sessions and documents |
View documents of the Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and allied Fibres |
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| Legal Framework |
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Origin
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Established by the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) at its Thirty-sixth Session (1963).
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Rules of Procedure
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Revised rules were adopted at the Seventeenth Session (December 1981).
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| Category |
Cat. 1 |
| Purpose |
To provide a forum for consultations on, and studies of, the economic aspects of production, marketing, trade and consumption of jute, kenaf and allied fibres; to study marketing practices and their improvement; to consider the causes of disequilibrium between production and consumption; to develop suitable measures to deal with special difficulties which may exist or may be expected to arise. |
| Secretary |
Mr Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, EST |
| Membership |
Open to all Member Nations and Associate Members that are interested in the production or consumption of, and trade in, jute, kenaf and allied fibres. Interested non-Member Nations of the Organization that are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency, may be admitted to Membership by the FAO Council. |
| Chairperson |
Prof Chen Wanquan (China) (2019) |
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| Languages |
English, French and Spanish |
| Document symbol |
CCP:JU |
| Frequency of Sessions |
Normally one session per biennium |
| Division |
Trade and Markets Division (EST) |
| Contact information/email |
[email protected] |
| Web site |
Jute and hard fibres |
| First Session |
September 1964 |
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| Remarks |
Subsidiary Body of the Committee on Commodity Problems.
The IGG on Jute and the IGG on Hard Fibres have been holding joint meetings since 1996.
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