International Jute Study Group

The IJSG functions as a body of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Its main purpose is to ensure transparency in the international trade of jute and kenaf.

The creation of the IJSG was negotiated in 2000 and 2001 in Geneva and was agreed to in a multilateral treaty known as the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group.

The IJSG was intended to replace the International Jute Organization, which had ceased to exist.

The states that remain in the IJSG account for approximately 60 per cent of the world's jute trade.