Jute stick is woody portion of jute plant, which remain as leftover after extracting bast fibre. Presently, it
is being used for fencing in the rural area. In this investigation, biorefinery concept was initiated in producing
dissolving pulp from jute stick by pre-hydrolysis kraft process. At 170 ◦C for 1 h of pre-hydrolysis,
70% of hemicelluloses was dissolved with negligible loss of -cellulose. Atthis condition, 75% of dissolved
sugars in the pre-hydrolysis liquor were in the oligomeric form. The pre-hydrolysed jute stick was subsequently
pulped by kraft process with the variation of active alkali. The pulp yield was 36.2% with kappa
number 18.5 at the conditions of 16% active alkali for 2 h of cooking at 170 ◦C. Final pulp was produced
with 92% -cellulose and 89% brightness after D0EpD1EpD1 bleaching. The produced dissolving pulp can
be used in rayon production.