Jute bag making
Buy jute fabric and stitch shopping and gift bags. Corporate orders bring the bigger money.
- Last reviewed: 14 September 2026
- Version 1
Printed jute bags
1 of 3- Starting capital
- ৳2,00,000 – ৳5,00,000 Market quote
- Manpower
- 4 – 8 people
- First sale
- 20 – 40 days Practitioner verified
- Break-even
- 8 – 14 months Editorial estimate
- Kind of work
- Workshop · Medium difficulty
Unit economics
| Item | Range | Evidence | Suggest a correction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly working capital | ৳60,000 – ৳1,75,000 | Editorial estimate | |
| Selling price | ৳80 – ৳250 / unit | Market quote | |
| Variable cost | ৳45 – ৳140 / unit | Market quote | |
| Time to first revenue | 20 – 40 days | Practitioner verified | |
| Break-even time | 8 – 14 months | Editorial estimate | |
| Cash cycle | 7 – 45 days | Practitioner verified |
Gross margin -75% – 82%. Our calculation: the low end uses the lowest price with the highest cost; the high end uses the reverse.
What you need to start
- 3–5 heavy-duty sewing machinesEquipment
- Jute fabric from Narayanganj or Dhaka millsSupplier
- A 400–600 sq ft workshopWorkspace
How the work is done
- 1Buy jute fabric and handles
- 2Cut and print
- 3Stitch and quality-check
- 4Deliver against orders
Seasons
- JanNormal
- FebNormal
- MarHigh
- AprNormal
- MayNormal
- JunNormal
- JulNormal
- AugNormal
- SepNormal
- OctHigh
- NovHigh
- DecNormal
Where it works well
- Strong fitDhaka · করপোরেট ক্রেতা
- Strong fitNarayanganj · পাটকল ও কারিগর কাছে
- PossibleJashore · কাঁচা পাটের এলাকা
Risks and cautions
- HighLate payment: Corporate buyers pay 45–90 days after delivery.
- MediumWorking capital: Fabric for large orders must be bought up front.
Sources
বাংলাদেশ জুট ডাইভারসিফিকেশন প্রমোশন সেন্টারের তথ্য
Collected: 15 Aug 2026Supports: Starting capital, Selling price · ঢাকা
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Stories about this business
A big order, paid four months late
We took a 5,000-bag corporate order, could not pay the workers and shut the workshop for two months.
- Capital
- ৳4 lakh
- Ran for
- 14 months
- Reasons
- Late payment, Working capital
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