Jute products, with their stagnant or slowly changing technological base, are facing strong competition from products and processes, which have been evolved through serious, well-financed, and long-term research and development efforts. Tariffs and quotas have played a major role in limiting the world jute market by enabling a transition from jute to the manufacture of synthetic substitutes. The ability of jute to survive as a viable product for consumers...
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1973/07/12
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Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
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114
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1
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2010/06/12
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Disclosed
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The world jute market
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income elasticity of demand
Citation
The world jute economy (Vol. 1 of 2) : The world jute market (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/617571468140970905