19th Floor, Cityland 10, Tower 1,
6815 H. V. dela Costa St. cor. Ayala
Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Tel. No. 00-63-2 8127733
Fax No. 00-63-2 8127733
Email: [email protected]

COCONUT HUSK

Coconut husks are made of bristle fiber (10%), mattress fiber (20%) and coir dust and shorts or wastes (70%). The abundance of fiber makes it a good, stable supply for cottage industries that make brushes, doormats, carpets, bags, ropes, yarn fishing nets, and mattresses, etc. 

Coir fiber can also be used as substitute for jute in making rice, copra, sugar, coffee, bags and sandbags. It is also suitable for making pulp and paper, etc. For the first time, the Philippines can export coir fiber to Japan, Germany and the United States with the proper assistance extended by the government, the industry being new. 

The wall board is manufactured from coir dust and short fibers. No binding materials are needed as lignin is inherent in the coconut husk. Also it is termite-proof because creosote is present in the new material. The board produced is as good as narra, plywood or masonite. 

Coir yarn, coir rope, bags, rugs, husk decor, husk polishes, mannequin wig, brush, coir flex, and fishnets are other products that can be obtained from coco husk. Out of coir dust can be obtained coco gas, lye insulator, insoflex and plastic materials.