Whether jute or bulk, the cost of shipping the container is the same, he said. "That's one reason 60 percent of the coffee we ship is in liner and 30 percent in super sacks," said Pinto.

The scope of the product under consideration includes jute yarn/twine, hessian fabric, sacking bag, and sacking cloth.

The humble jute bag, long the distinctive packing for Brazil's coffee exports, is rapidly being edged out as traders and cooperatives face rising wage bills and borrowing costs, weak global prices ...