Sisal pulp and paper – As sisal biomass contains a high proportion of cellulose its pulp is a substitute for wood fibers and adds bulk to paper and cardboard as well as being absorbent and having high fold endurance characteristics making it a high quality input for paper products.  Given its porosity, it can be used in cigarette paper filters and things like tea bags.

Textile – A major use of the fiber is in buffing cloth – because sisal is strong enough to polish steel and soft enough not to scratch it.
Sisal reinforcing composites- Sisal can substitute or enhance fiber-glass used to reinforce plastic in automobiles, boats, furniture, water tanks and pipes. Sisal can also be used to add strength in cement mixtures for the development of low cost housing and to replace asbestos in roofing and brake-pads. In addition it is an insulation material and can be made into fiber-board as a wood substitute. buy Sisal Fiber

Plastic and rubber composites – Sisal has good potential as reinforcement in polymer (thermoplastics, thermosets and rubbers) composites due to the low density and good welding specific properties. The use of sisal composites in automotive components and other furniture is gaining popularity. Sisal also continues to make the best material for dart boards.

Sisal waste products – By-products from sisal extraction can be used for making biogas, pharmaceutical ingredients and building material. The biomass left after fibers have been removed represents as much as 98 percent of the plant, and most is now flushed away as waste. To exploit the economic value of this material – amounting to some 15 million tons annually – the Common Fund for Commodities, UNIDO and the Tanzanian sisal industry funded the first commercial plant to use sisal residues to produce biogas, electricity process heat and fertilizer. Ongoing evaluation of the plant indicates that 75% of the energy produced could be distributed to rural homes and 25 percent used in sisal processing. Sisal Fiber For Sale in Africa.

The waste produced by decortication such as sisal juice, particles of crushed parenchymatous tissue and fragments of leaves and fibers can be used as fertilizer or animal feed. The juice of the plant is used to make pharmaceuticals like hecogenin, inulin and others.

Production and trade
Sisal is cultivated for fiber in Angola, Brazil, China, Cuba,  Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique,  Mexico, South Africa. Tanzania and Thailand.
Production patterns differ between counties. In Tanzania and Kenya sisal is predominantly a plantation crop, while production in Brazil is largely small-scale. World production of sisal and a similar agave fiber, henequen, is estimated at around 300 000 tons, valued at $75 million. The major producers are Brazil (120 000 tons), Tanzania (30 000) and Kenya (25 000). Brazil exports around 100 000 tons of raw fiber and manufactured goods, particularly rope to the USA. Kenya exports around 20 000 tons and Tanzania 15 000 tons. China is also a major producer and consumer. Sisal Fiber For Sale Online.

Market outlook
Sisal has a promising future not only because of the new uses of this fiber but also because of growing public awareness that natural fibers, like sisal, are environmentally friendly making sisal fiber price per ton to grow higher.  This message was widely disseminated during the International Year of Natural Fibers in 2009.