Performance Evaluation of Coir Industry in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Coir is a natural vegetable fibre extracted from coconut husk. It is one among the industrial hard fibres of great economic importance. Coir is extracted coconut husks either by the natural retting process or by mechanical extraction. The fibre extracted from green husks by the retting process is termed “white Fibre” and that from husks by mechanical process is “Brown Fibre”. Both these methods are adopted in Tamilnadu.