News and Events of BJMC

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 1. Re-opening of Closed Mills:

Honorable Prime Minister re-opened the closed Peoples Jute Mills of Khulna in the name of Khalishpur Jute Mills Ltd. on 05-03-2011 and Qaumi Jute Mills Ltd. Sirajganj in the name of Jatiya Jute Mills Ltd. on 09-04-2011.

 Re-opening of these 2 Mills created employment of about 7200 workers, consumption of 3.98 lac quintal raw jute and 314.60 Crore taka Foreign Exchange earnings by producing and exporting about 38,000 M.Ton jute goods.

 Further, one closed (Daulatpur) and & two leased out but subsequently returned (M.M. & R.R.) jute mills are under consideration for re-opening which will create opportunity for new employment for about 2600 man power, 95,000 quintal jute consumption and 78.00 Crore taka foreign exchange earnings by producing and export of 9000 M.Ton jute goods.

 2. Establishment of New Mills:

A proposal for establishment of a 50 loom specialized jute mill in the premises of 2nd unit of closed Adamjee Jute Mills in Narayanganj for producing high value diversified jute products is under active consideration of the Govt.

 Moreover, setting up of a 206 loom 2nd unit in Rajshahi Jute Mills will start very soon. Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory(BMTF), Gazipur, a concern under Ministry of Defense, Govt. of Bangladesh has been entrusted with the job.

 3. Employment Generation:

Jute sector is a labor-intensive industry. Re-opening of 2 jute mills facilitated employment opportunity for about 7,200 man powers. Further, 3,026 terminated workers were re-appointed and 1,256 officer & staffs and 3230 permanent labors and 21,700 daily basis workers were newly appointed in the running Mills and Head office of BJMC.

 4. Mandatory Packaging Act:

To ensure higher domestic consumption of raw jute and jute goods the present Govt has passed an Act for Mandatory use of jute goods in Packaging on 12th October, 2010.This will bring stability to the raw jute price, ensure market & reasonable price of raw jute to the farmers and most importantly increase the bargaining power for exports of jute goods in the world market.

 5. Human Resource Development:

BJMC has restarted the two training centre situated in Chittagong (at Gul Ahmed Jute Mills) and Jessore ( at Jessore Jute Industries). The newly appointed officers and staff of BJMC & mills are given basic management and job oriented trainings to increase the knowledge and efficiency of the new recruits. Moreover, refreshers course for serving officers and staff will also be started very soon.

 6. Indirect Employment Generation:

Every year BJMC opens more than 125 jute purchase centres through out the jute growing areas of Bangladesh. These centres besides ensuring fair price of raw jute to the farmers also creates employment for a good number of seasonal workers in the centres for carrying, handling, transportation of raw jute purchased.

 This year 137 jute purchase centres have been opened throughout the country.

7. Future Plan:

a) Establishment of jute based pulp/paper mill:

Encouraged by fair price, the farmers are producing more jute every year. This may at one point generate an unmanageable surplus of jute resulting into price collapse. To avoid such a situation and also to ensure stable market for increased domestic production of jute one option could be producing pulp/paper from jute.

 The Govt. has decided to convert the now closed North Bengal Paper Mill (NBPM) into a dry whole jute plant based pulp/paper producing mill. Contacts have been established with China Yunnan Corporation (CYC) in this respect. Already two delegations from CYC have visited Bangladesh and inspected the North Bengal Paper Mills during 20-26 July, 2011 and 14-19 September, 2011. They are expected to submit a proposal to Bangladesh Govt. very shortly.