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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-WB-E-21012026-269504
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 282]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026/PAUSHA 30, 1947
432 GI/2026
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
(Office of the Jute Commissioner)
ORDER
Kolkata, the 19th January, 2026
S.O. 310(E).— In partial modification of the Order published in The Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3(ii)
vide notification no. S.O. 5(E) dated 18th December 2025 and after giving consideration to factors enumerated in Clause
5 and 6(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Clause 6(1) (iii) & Clause 5 of the Jute and Jute Textiles
Control Order, 2016, I, Amrit Raj, Jute Commissioner, hereby direct that at no point in time you will hold more than
the quantity of raw jute on your own account and / or on account of third parties mentioned in the table below:
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| | Category of raw jute stockists/jute mills | Maximum quantity of raw jute to be held |
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| (a) | (b) | (c) |
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| 1 | Stockists who are raw jute balers and having raw jute Baling | 1200 Quintals |
| | Press in the same premises (Registered or applied for | |
| | registration with o/o Jute Commissioner by 18-01-2026). | |
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| 2 | All other categories of stockists of raw jute (Registered or | 25 Quintals |
| | applied for registration with o/o Jute Commissioner by 18-01- | |
| | 2026). | |
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| 3 | Raw jute traders / stockists who are not registered and have not | 5 Quintals |
| | applied for registration with o/o Jute Commissioner by 18-01- | |
| | 2026 | |
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| 4 | Jute Mills / Manufacturing units of Jute Goods from raw jute | 45 days' consumption as per current |
| | | production rate. |
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2. I further direct you to sell the quantity of raw jute if it is in excess of the quantity mentioned in column (c)
corresponding to the category of raw jute traders mentioned at column (b)being held by you within 10(ten) days from
the date of this Order and physically deliver the same to the consignee within 10th February 2026 and to send a
compliance report indicating sale / delivery of the excess quantity of raw jute along with supporting documentary
evidence for verification by email (jcoffice@jutecomm.gov.in) immediately. If you are holding stock excess to the
above limit, the purchase of fresh stock shall be stopped forthwith till stock comes below the above mentioned limit.
3. I further direct you to declare/update the stocks held by you through the fortnightly report on the Jute SMART
portal accessible through http://jutecomm.gov.in/Jute_Smart.html.
4. Raw jute stocked in a single premise irrespective of being in the names of different traders/stockists/balers, etc,
will be considered a total single stock for the purpose of interpretation of this Order. That is, if two or more
traders/stockists/balers are sharing a godown/bailing press and have different registration with the o/o the Jute
Commissioner, the total quantity held by all such registered entities on that premise must be within the limits as
prescribed above.
5. If you have contracted the sale of raw jute stock, the stock held by seller shall be considered to be held by the
seller until the same is physically delivered to the buyer.
6. If you fail to comply with the provisions of this Order, you shall be punishable under clause 11 of the Jute and
Jute Textiles Control Order, 2016 read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 which provides for
imprisonment and fine.
7. I further state that for the stock limit on Jute Mills / Manufacturing Units of jute goods from raw jute, exemption
from this order will be considered on a case to case basis after receipt of representation supported by relevant documents
showing export commitments or sale in private market. The imported raw jute shall remain exempt from the calculation
of the stock limits provided in the order.
8. This Order shall come into force with immediate effect and remain valid till further orders subject to reservation
of right to modify the same at any point of time.
9. I further state that this Order shall not apply to Jute Corporation of India Ltd. However, the stock held by the
jute mills sold by Jute Corporation of India Ltd. shall be covered by the stock limits.
10. Further, in pursuance of sub-clause (b) and (c) of clause 9(1) of the Jute and Jute Textiles Control Order, 2016,
I direct to afford necessary facilities to my authorized representatives and State Police officials to enter and search their
premises including the godowns and also to inspect their books and other records under their possession with a view to
verifying whether or not stocks held by them have been correctly declared or not in response to this Order & also to
seize raw jute which he/she has reason to believe to have been stored in contravention to this order & to take any other
legal action within provisions of the Jute and Jute Textiles Control Order, 2016 and Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
[F. No. Jute(T)-6/1/178/GN(32)/2019-I(E)]
AMRIT RAJ, Jute Commissioner
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