Private Label Jute Sacks Manufacturing in Bangladesh: A Brand Owner's Guide

A private-label jute sack carries your brand into the warehouse and the roastery. The sack is a packing sack first and a brand surface second, so define the sack before the brand. This guide helps a brand owner placing a first private-label sack order in Bangladesh.

What makes a private-label sack different from a printed stock sack

A stock sack is a standard grade the mill already makes: you accept the mill's grade and size and change only the print. A private-label sack is built to your specification alone.

A light sack splits at the bottom seam under 85 kg of coffee. Our guide to private-label jute bags covers the retail-bag side; this guide covers the bulk-packing side.

Start with the sack, not the logo: grade, size and fill

A standard B-Twill sack measures 44 by 26.5 inches, weighs 1,020 grams and is woven at 6 by 8 porter and shot.¹ It packs 300 sacks to a bale, and 65 bales fill one 20-foot container.¹

A-Twill cloth is heavier, with a double warp, and suits a 100 kg fill at 1,190 grams a sack.²

Porter and shot is the weave density count: the first number counts the warp, the second the weft. State the grade, size, sack weight, porter and shot and fill in every enquiry.

Which branding options fit a sack

Screen printing is the workhorse for the sack face: one screen per colour, ink pressed through the mesh onto the cloth. On burlap and jute it suits one to four bold colours.³ The coarse, open weave makes fine detail, thin lines and small text nearly illegible, so keep line weight at 1 mm or thicker and use solid fills.

Heat transfer and DTF also work on burlap, pressed at 320°F for 15 to 20 seconds, but the film sits visibly on top of the rough surface.³

Write the tech pack before you ask for a price

Write the tech pack in numbers, with a tolerance on every measurement.

1. Grade, size, sack weight, porter and shot, fill.

2. Cloth: 100 per cent jute, twill weave.

3. Seam and mouth: herakle sewn, stitches per 10 cm, safety stitch, mouth hemmed.

4. Stripes: number, colour, width, position, or plain.

5. Print: artwork file and version, size and position, Pantone colours, ink type.

6. Food-grade treatment: VOT or standard, with the lot certificate.

7. Labels: woven label text and position, composition and origin wording.

8. Bale packing: sacks per bale, strapping, stencil.

9. Quantity: sacks, bales, containers, plus or minus 5 per cent tolerance.¹

10. Tests and sampling: breaking loads with the method, inspection level, AQL values, sample size.

11. Delivery term: Incoterm, named place, validity date.

12. Documents: invoice, packing list, bill of lading, origin certificate, food-grade certificate.

Our guide to MOQ explains how minimums work across products.

The private-label sack process in six steps

A private-label sack order runs in six steps.

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1. Brief the sack. Send the tech pack, artwork and destinations to three to five mills.

2. Approve the artwork and print proof. Ask for the print at actual size; approve it in writing.

3. Approve the sample sack and fill it. Ask for a sample sack made to your grade and size; fill it with your goods and lift it.

4. Lock the tech pack. Freeze the grade, print, labels and bale marks at one version and date.

5. Watch the first bale. Ask the mill to hold the first bale for your check.

6. Inspect, mark the bales and ship. Run the agreed sampling plan on the packed lot; check the bale marks and ship.

One Bangladeshi exporter states a sample fee of USD 250 including shipping, delivered in 3 to 7 working days, with production of 7 to 30 working days from advance payment.¹

Sampling and approval: what each round proves

Sampling runs in three rounds: the first proves the product, the second proves the production run, and the third proves the lot, checked against the sealed sample.

A sack approved as a flat printed swatch is not an approved sack: the print stretches when the sack is filled.

Food-grade sacks add a lab test. IJO Standard 98/01, in force since 1 October 1998 and revised in 2005, covers jute bags for cocoa beans, coffee beans and shelled nuts, and requires food-contact batching oils with unsaponifiable matter below 1,250 mg per kg.⁴ Its sampling takes 2 bales from a lot of up to 100 bales.⁴ For coffee and cocoa, a June 2026 industry specification from the two federations, the European Coffee Federation and the European Cocoa Association, replaces it, setting MOSH at 250 mg per kg and MOAH at 25 mg per kg, on printed as well as unprinted bags.⁵

Under ISO 2859-1, a lot of 10,001 to 35,000 sacks at General Inspection Level II takes a sample of 315 sacks: AQL 2.5 accepts 14 and rejects 15 major defects, and AQL 4.0 accepts 21 and rejects 22 minor defects.⁶ Our jute sacks inspection checklist covers the inspection steps in full.

Labels, marks and the rules behind them

A private-label sack carries three kinds of wording: the brand and print on the sack face, the sewn-in label, and the mark on the bale.

For the European Union, Regulation (EU) 1007/2011 asks textile products sold to consumers to state their fibre make-up on a lasting label, naming only Annex I fibres, with the shares by weight in falling order.⁷ The label has to last, stay readable, stay visible and stay fixed to the product, and it must use the official language of the country where the product is sold.⁷

In the United States, most textile products must carry a label listing the fibre content, country of origin and the business responsible for the item, but bags are listed among the products the Textile Act labelling requirements do not cover.⁸ Keep the origin marking "Made in Bangladesh" on the sack and the bale.

Which code and duty apply to a branded sack

Sacks and bags of jute for packing goods fall under heading 6305, subheading 6305.10.⁹ The UK tariff lists 6305.10.90, other sacks and bags of jute, at a 4.00 per cent third-country duty.⁹ Confirm the full code and the current rate with your customs broker, because the print, the brand and the stripes do not change the classification. Our HS code classification guide covers the classification step by step.

Write the delivery term in full with the named place and the edition, for example "FOB Chattogram, Incoterms® 2020". The Incoterms® 2020 rules are the ICC's set of 11 rules on who pays the carriage, who insures the goods and where risk moves from seller to buyer; under CIF the standard cover is Institute Cargo Clauses (C), and higher cover can be agreed.¹⁰

How branding moves MOQ and cost

Branding changes the minimum order, because it adds one-off set-up that a stock sack does not need: screens, stencil plates, dyed cloth lots, woven labels and print proofs, all made once per design. Each colour also needs its own screen and pass.

First, the set-up is spread across the run: on 19,500 sacks a USD 320 screen and proof set costs under two cents a sack, while on 1,000 sacks it costs USD 0.32 a sack. Second, one 20-foot container takes exactly 19,500 standard B-Twill sacks, 65 bales of 300, while 20,000 sacks needs a second container for the last 500.¹ Third, a change after the lock costs a new set-up, so every change after approval is priced as a fresh order. The companion price guide for jute sacks and the companion guide to custom jute sack manufacturers cover prices and the factory side.

Worked example: 19,500 branded B-Twill sacks for coffee to New Orleans

Example figures. A coffee roaster in New Orleans orders 19,500 standard B-Twill sacks, food-grade VOT, with a two-colour screen print and a sewn-in woven label, FOB Chattogram, in one 20-foot container. All figures below are illustrative, not market prices.

The order fills one container at 19,500 sacks, or 65 bales at 300 sacks a bale.¹ Goods plus set-up, sample, inspection and inland transport come to USD 19,410; adding freight and insurance gives USD 22,460, or USD 1.15 per sack.

Mistakes brand owners make on a first private-label sack order

The first mistake is approving the print on a flat swatch: the print stretches when the sack is filled.

The second mistake is forgetting the ink in the food-grade test: the June 2026 specification tests printed bags and requires food-grade inks.⁵

Private-label sack checklist

1. Tech pack states grade, size, sack weight, porter and shot, seam, mouth, stripes, print, labels, bale packing, quantity and tolerance.

2. Artwork is a vector file with Pantone colours; print size and position measured from the mouth hem.

3. Print proof approved in writing at actual size on your cloth colour.

4. Sample sack made to your grade and size has been filled with your goods.

5. Food-grade specification named, with the test method, and the ink covered.

6. Label wording agreed for each destination, with the language and origin marking.

7. Sampling plan in the order: inspection level, AQL values, sample size and the accept and reject numbers.

8. HS code, Incoterm, payment term and validity date in the order.

9. Mill states in writing whether it weaves the cloth and prints in house; bale mark checked on a strapped bale.

Our guide to jute sacks manufacturers explains how to check a mill before you order.

Frequently asked questions

What is a private-label jute sack?

Private label means the mill builds a sack to your specification alone, with your brand on the printed face, the woven label and the bale mark. Write the specification with numbers.

What does branding add to MOQ and cost?

Branding adds one-off set-up for screens, print proofs and label tooling, and a minimum per print. On a 19,500-sack order the set-up is USD 0.02 a sack.

Which documents do I need for a private-label sack order?

On your side, the tech pack, artwork file, print proof record, sample sack record and purchase order. On the Bangladesh side, the export registration certificate, EXP form, Bill of Export, invoice, packing list, bill of lading and food-grade certificate.

Next steps on Exportain

Write the tech pack first, then send it to mills: browse suppliers on Exportain or send an RFQ, and ask every reply to confirm in writing whether it weaves the cloth and prints in house. Read how Exportain checks a supplier before you shortlist.