Jute is used in various fields, it is used largely to make cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, and to make sacks and coarse cloth. The fibers are also woven into curtains, chair coverings, carpets, area rugs, hessian cloth, and backing for linoleum. The fibers are used alone or blended with other types of fibers to make twine and rope. Jute fibers are used to make ropes. Jute butts, the coarse ends of the plants, are used to make cheap clothes. Jute mats and matting are commonly woven in Southern parts of India. Jute Mats and Rugs are made both through Power loom and Handloom, in large volumes in Kerala.
Jute bag is the most common product made from jute. Jute has an advantage over polythene and paper bags as it is 100% bio-degradable case of poly bags and no trees are required to be cut if compared to paper bags. It can carry a lot more weight than polythene and paper bags. Various kinds of bags like college bags, fashion bags, travel bags, wallets, belts, carpets, rugs, textiles etc. are some of the commonly produced jute products.