<Li> Bangladesh is currently the second largest producer of jute fiber, now over taken by India . The Jat Area, popular for highest quality of jute fiber is located in Bangladesh . Therefore, Bangladesh is able to supply the highest quality of jute fiber in the world . However, Bangladesh falls behind its other competitors in applying recent technological advancements . In terms of world export of jute fiber, Bangladesh's share is more than 70%, which makes Bangladesh the largest exporter of jute fiber in the world . </Li> <Li> China is the third largest in terms of jute cultivation . Due to China's huge population, the Chinese are not emphasizing the cultivation of jute, as it competes with other necessary crops . Due to modern effective agriculture, they have the highest yield of jute fiber in the world . </Li> <P> For centuries, jute has been an integral part of the culture of East Bengal and some parts of West Bengal, precisely in the southwest of Bangladesh . Since the seventeenth century, the British started trading in jute . During the reign of the British Empire jute was also used in the military . British jute barons grew rich processing jute and selling manufactured products made from jute . Dundee Jute Barons and the British East India Company set up many jute mills in Bengal and by 1895 jute industries in Bengal overtook the Scottish jute trade . Many Scots emigrated to Bengal to set up jute factories . More than a billion jute sandbags were exported from Bengal to the trenches during World War I and also exported to the southern United States region to bag cotton . It was used in the fishing, construction, art and the arms industry . Initially, due to its texture, it could only be processed by hand until it was discovered in Dundee that by treating it with whale oil, it could be treated by machine . </P>

India's position in jute production in the world