10–20%
Entry blends
Best for: shirting and knitwear lines
A subtle natural-fiber story with minimal process adjustment — a sustainability claim without changing handle or dye behavior.
Technical Material — HS 5305
Cottonized Banana Fiber for Spinning
A 28–38 mm cotton-like staple that runs on your existing ring, rotor, and vortex frames — banana fiber's strength and luster, chemical-free.
- MOQ 200 kg
- Blends 10–40%
- Ring · Rotor · Vortex
- HS 5305
The Material
Raw banana strength, cotton-like behavior
Mills want banana fiber's story and properties — but not a bast-fiber spinning line they do not own. Enzymatic cottonization closes that gap.
At a Glance
Cottonized banana fiber specifications
Production specs from our factory in Modhupur, Tangail. Full spinning-parameter guidance ships with every TDS, and per-lot lab reports (tensile, chemical safety) are standard.
The parent fiber is raw banana stem fiber — processed at our factory in Modhupur, Tangail. If a lot misses the fineness or staple window, it is held at the factory — it does not ship.
Cottonized Banana Fiber — Technical Data Sheet
- Staple length
- 28–38 mm, aligned for conventional spinning
- Fineness
- 15–35 microns
- Cottonization
- Enzymatic, chemical-free process developed at our own factory
- Moisture regain
- 10–12%
- Tensile strength
- 500–900 MPa (parent fiber, lab-tested range)
- Blend ratios
- 10–40% banana fiber with organic cotton, recycled cotton, Tencel, or modal
- Spinning systems
- Ring, rotor (OE), and vortex — no new machinery required
- Target applications
- Denim, shirting, knitwear, and premium blended yarns
- HS code
- 5305 — vegetable textile fibres
- Origin
- Modhupur, Tangail, Bangladesh — produced at our own factory
Inside Our Factory
Banana fiber, running on the frames you already own
The staple window overlaps cotton, so most mills integrate it through existing blowroom and carding lines with minor adjustments — then fine-tune during the trial lot we recommend before program volumes.
RingRotor (OE)VortexNo new machinery
Blend Programs
How much banana fiber should go in the mix?
Three working bands cover most commercial yarn programs. Each is a starting point — trial lots refine the ratio for your equipment, count targets, and hand feel.
20–30%
Signature blends
Best for: most commercial yarn programs
The sweet spot most spinner partners run: measurable banana content, a drier hand, better moisture management, below pure-organic cost.
30–40%
High-content blends
Best for: denim and statement fabrics
Where the banana character — luster, stiffness, strength — is the selling point, typically blended with organic or recycled cotton.
Partner fibers include organic cotton, recycled cotton, Tencel, and modal. Tell us your target yarn count and end use, and we will recommend a starting ratio and send trial material.
Spinning Compatibility
Ring, rotor, vortex — run it where you are
The most common question from mills is whether cottonized banana fiber demands new equipment. It does not.
Ring spinning
Best for: premium counts and yarn quality
The reference system. The 28–38 mm staple drafts cleanly within cotton-style settings for the strongest, finest counts.
Rotor (OE) spinning
Best for: denim and coarse knit programs
Tolerates the fiber's natural stiffness well and converts it into low-hairiness, abrasion-ready yarns.
Vortex spinning
Best for: knitwear and shirting blends
Handles strength and low elongation (1–3%) effectively, producing compact, pill-resistant yarns.
Production Process
From long strands to blended yarn in five steps
Batches are moisture-controlled to 10–12% regain, sampled per lot, and tested at an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory (Hohenstein) before export.
01 Parent fiber selection
Our starting point is raw banana stem fiber — 1.0–3.0 m strands with a lab-tested 500–900 MPa tensile range, washed without chemicals.
02 Mechanical opening
The long bast strands are opened and shortened mechanically, preparing them for the enzymatic stage.
03 Enzymatic cottonization
An enzymatic, chemical-free process — enzymes, water, and mechanical action only — converts the strands into a 28–38 mm, 15–35 micron cotton-like staple.
04 Spinning on cotton systems
The staple runs on ring, rotor, and vortex frames with parameters close to comparable cotton blends — draft settings ship with every TDS.
05 Blended yarn, ready for fabric
The output: denim, shirting, and knitwear yarns with banana's strength and luster and a verifiable natural-fiber story.
The farm-to-fiber backstory of the parent material is on our process page.
Use Cases
Yarn programs buyers run with our fiber
Three proven channels, each with a different reason to blend banana into the mix.
Denim
30–40% blends give denim a stiffer hand, faster fading character, and a fiber story that survives marketing review.
Shirting
10–20% blends add a drier hand and moisture management without visible process changes — an easy first program.
Knitwear
Blends with organic cotton, Tencel, or modal produce knits with subtle luster and a biodegradable content claim.
More processing context lives on our applications page.
Key Benefits
What the fiber adds to a cotton program
Blending is a business decision as much as a technical one. These are the properties buyers actually pay for.
Drop-in on existing frames
Ring, rotor, vortex — no new machinery, no separate production line.
Chemical-free process
Enzymatic cottonization keeps the chemical-safety profile clean for apparel.
Strength without synthetics
The parent's 500–900 MPa tensile core carries into every blend.
Cost headroom vs organic
10–40% blends typically price below equivalent 100% organic cotton yarn.
A verifiable story
Waste-diversion origin, per-lot lab reports, documents your brand clients can audit.
Differentiation buyers feel
A drier hand, subtle luster, and moisture management beyond 'organic cotton'.
Quality, Packaging & Export
Tested per lot, baled for the container
Quality control runs the same way as our raw fiber program — predictable fiber is what keeps your frames running and your yarn counts on target.
- Moisture 10–12%
- Tensile-tested
- Per-lot CoA + TDS
- ~18–20 t per 40' HC
- Bales
- Compressed 25 / 50 / 100 kg; custom packaging above 500 kg
- Documents
- Phytosanitary certificate, Certificate of Origin, per-lot TDS + lab report
- Transit
- Sea ~24–35 days to Europe, ~28–40 days to the US; air 5–10 days via Dhaka
- Incoterms
- FOB Chattogram or CIF worldwide
Trade Terms
Terms for spinning-mill buyers
Sized for trial programs, not just containers — most mills complete the cycle from first email to running production within eight to ten weeks.
Lead time
2–4 weeks
from order confirmation or L/C opening
Payment
T/T 30/70
or 100% irrevocable L/C at sight
Shipping
FOB / CIF
Chattogram · ~18–20 t per 40' HC
Samples
0.5–3 kg
for spinning trials on your own frames
Planning volume pricing? Our wholesale page publishes indicative bands, and the banana fiber price guide explains exactly what moves the cost per kg.
FAQ
Cottonized banana fiber questions, answered
It is raw banana stem fiber that has been mechanically opened and enzymatically softened into a cotton-like staple. The process shortens the 1–3 m parent strands into a 28–38 mm, 15–35 micron fiber that behaves like cotton on the spinning frame — while keeping banana fiber's tensile strength and natural luster.
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