About us
A sourcing office that thinks like a brand
Bangladesh grows and weaves more jute than almost anywhere on earth, and still exports most of it as somebody else's unbranded product. Jutery exists to close that gap: design, specification and accountability from Dhaka, with the finishing quality an export buyer actually expects.
The model
We do not own a factory. Here is why that helps you.
Most jute suppliers who contact you own one production line and therefore recommend whatever that line happens to make. A weaving mill will push you toward its own fabric weight. A stitching unit with an embroidery machine will find a reason for embroidery.
We hold no such bias, because we hold no machinery. Our job is to put your specification in front of the workshop best equipped to build it, and to be standing on that floor when it is built. If a laminated 12 oz shopper is wrong for your price point, we lose nothing by telling you so.
What we do own is the part that usually fails: the specification, the quality benchmark, the inspection, the documents and the follow-through. Those are the reasons import orders go wrong, far more often than the sewing.
What we control directly
- Product design and the tech pack
- Vendor selection and qualification
- Sampling, in-line and final inspection
- Export documentation and freight booking
- Every communication you receive
What our partners control
- Weaving and fabric production
- Cutting, printing and stitching capacity
- The certificates and audits they hold
- Their own labour and safety standards
- Machine-level capability limits
Our network
Where the work actually happens
Jute in Bangladesh is regional. Fibre grades, weaving capability and stitching skill are not evenly distributed, so we work across several clusters rather than pretending one town can do everything.
Narsingdi & Narayanganj
Weaving and fabric supply. This is where hessian weight, evenness and width are decided, and where we buy fabric rather than finished bags.
Dhaka & Savar
Cutting, printing and stitching units, plus the trims market. Best for complex constructions, zips, padding and short-lead corporate orders.
Jessore & Khulna
Handloom and craft clusters in the jute belt. Where block printing, braided cord work and genuinely artisanal finishes come from.
Chittagong
The port. Consolidation, stuffing, fumigation and customs clearance, with Mongla as the alternative when Chittagong congests.
Vendor qualification
How a workshop earns your order
Every unit we place work with is scored against the same sheet before it ever touches a paying order, and re-scored after each shipment. A unit below 70 does not receive export work from us.
| Criterion | Weight | What we look for |
|---|---|---|
| Stitch and finish quality | 25 | Seam strength, stitch density, symmetry of handles, cleanliness of the base seam on a trial piece. |
| Print capability | 15 | Registration accuracy across colours, ink adhesion after abrasion, ability to hold a Pantone on jute. |
| Capacity & reliability | 15 | Monthly output, machine count, evidence of past export deadlines met, behaviour under peak season load. |
| Labour & safety | 20 | Audit status, wage records, working-hour records, fire exits and electrical safety on a physical walk-through. |
| Documentation discipline | 15 | Whether they can produce a bill of materials, a costing sheet and a batch record without a three-day delay. |
| Commercial behaviour | 10 | Price stability, willingness to be named to the buyer, and how they behave when a defect is found. |
Where we are going
The road to our own production unit
We will not build a factory to look credible. We will build one when the order book makes it the cheaper option — and these are the numbers that will decide it, published in advance so you can hold us to them.
Design house
Where we are now. Catalogue developed, workshops qualified, digital presence live in five languages, first orders shipped and inspected. Exit trigger: three buyers with a second order placed.
Anchored merchant exporter
Repeat accounts, a dedicated merchandiser, held safety stock on the two fastest styles, and one workshop working substantially to our schedule. Exit trigger: 8,000 pieces a month sustained for six months.
Controlled stitching line
Our own cutting and stitching unit for the styles where quality complaints or margin leakage concentrate; fabric still bought from mills. Exit trigger: line running above 70% utilisation for two quarters.
Integrated manufacturer
In-house printing, a second line, and a direct fabric contract with a mill. Only worth doing if it lowers your price rather than merely enlarging our signage.
The team
Small, and deliberately so
You will deal with a named person who knows your order, not a shared inbox. As we grow, the ratio of accounts to merchandisers is the number we protect.
Saifur Rahman Shochib
Founder · CommercialOwns the catalogue, the costing and your commercial relationship. Signs every quotation that leaves the office and answers for it.
Tanvir Ahmed
MerchandisingTurns the approved sample into a production plan, sits with the workshop through the run, and sends the weekly status without being chased.
Farhana Akter
Quality & complianceRuns the in-line checks and the final AQL 2.5 inspection, and keeps the test reports and declarations your compliance team will ask for.
Mahmudul Hasan
Sourcing & vendorsQualifies the weaving mills and workshops, negotiates capacity, and knows which unit is right for which construction.
Rakibul Islam
Logistics & documentationBooks the freight, builds the stuffing plans and produces the document set — invoice to certificate of origin — without a single chase.
Arif Chowdhury
Client servicesYour first reply on WhatsApp and email in five languages, and the person who makes sure nothing waits until tomorrow.
Ask us the awkward question.
Who makes it, what it costs you to walk away, what happens if the print is wrong. We would rather answer that in week one than in week ten.