Zhanjiang Sisal Fiber

Zhanjiang Sisal Fiber

Zhanjiang Sisal Fiber is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Sisal is a specialty crop of Zhanjiang City, and the industry built around it is also a key advantageous sector. When formulating the agricultural development plan, the Zhanjiang Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government included the sisal industry as one of the eight major specialty agricultural industrial chains in Zhanjiang. This is of great significance for accelerating the development of the sisal industry in the city and strengthening the sisal industrial chain. Currently, at the request of the Municipal Party Committee’s Agriculture Office, the Zhanjiang State Farm Bureau took the lead in organizing experts from relevant units and departments to conduct a comprehensive survey and analysis of the current status, development prospects, and existing problems of the sisal industry both in Zhanjiang and across the country, and proposed corresponding measures and strategies for reference by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government in planning the agricultural economy.

　　The cultivation of sisal in Zhanjiang began in the 1960s, mainly carried out by the Zhanjiang State Farm Bureau (formerly the Western Guangdong State Farm Bureau).

　　Since sisal contains less than 5% fiber, it must undergo primary processing to extract the fiber before it can be marketed. Therefore, the sisal industry in the Zhanjiang area has always emphasized processing from the outset, starting with primary and secondary processing and gradually advancing toward deep processing of sisal products. To date, more than 10 series and over 100 varieties of sisal products have been developed, including sisal fiber, sisal yarn, manila rope, sisal carpet, polishing cloth, polishing wheels, sisal wallpaper, and steel wire rope cores.

　　The protected geographical indication area for Zhanjiang Sisal Fiber is defined according to the scope proposed in the "Reply on Defining the Protected Geographical Indication Area for Zhanjiang Sisal Fiber" (Zhanfu Letter [2004] No. 174) issued by the People’s Government of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. It covers the current administrative regions of nine towns: Songzhu Town, Tangjia Town, Behe Town, Qishui Town, Nanxing Town, Longmen Town, and Yingli Town in Leizhou City, as well as Chengbei Township and Xiaqiao Town in Xuwen County.