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Banana Fiber
Why
India is the world's largest banana producer with an annual output of 25+ million tonnes
Others Countries who produce banana fiber - China, Philippines, Ecuador and Brazil
India accounts for 22 per cent of the global banana production
The Japanese have been processing banana fibres for almost 800 years so they have achieved expertise in making banana clothing.
Nepalese weavers have been making beautiful and luxurious rugs from banana fibre.
In Japan, banana fibre is used for making traditional kimono and kamishimo dress. In Japan, people still prefer to wear dresses made from banana fabric as summer wear. Japan's currency, the Yen, is made out of banana fibre.
Low density, appropriate stiffness, high disposability, renewability, eco-friendly
They do not shrink, colour doesnt fade away, wrinkle-free, 60% of cotton mixture gives them durability
Clothes, rugs, sarees, hats, photo frames, trinket boxes, gift bags, hand bags, belts, baskets, sandals, ropes, mats, cushion covers, necties, table clothes, curtains, paper, home furnishings, etc
fineness is better than bamboo & ramie fiber
strong moisture absorption quality. It absorbs & releases moisture very fastly
Export Countries - United States of America, Malaysia, Korea, European Union and Philippines.
Banana fabric is beautiful, animal-free textile with a natural sheen that replicates real silk and is a great choice for sustainable and eco-friendly textile.
In summers, a shirt made from banana fabric is considered very comfortable due to its quality of water absorption.
There are very few fabrics in the textile industry which can be used for fire resistance clothing and manufactured at low cost, and banana fabric is one of them.
The National Institute for Inter-disciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in India developed a technology to extract banana fibre which involves an anaerobic (without oxygen) process. Enzymes produced in an anaerobic reactor are used to separate the fibres.
The traditional process of banana fibre is set to change with the invention of the banana fibre separator machine. The machine has been developed by Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College - Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (TREC-STEP) in India. One of the fascinating features of this machine is that it uses agriculture waste of banana harvest to produce silk-like fibres.
Recently, researchers of Clothing and Textile department at MS University, Baroda (Gujarat) designed woven and nonwoven fabric from the banana fibre.
According to the researchers, the fabric can be cheaper than cotton and linen if it is produced in large scale.