Paper bag manufacturing small business idea in West Bengal

Paper Bag Manufacturing Business West Bengal: Today we are discuss about Paper Bag manufacturing business in West Bengal. Many people are now unemployed in this corona situation. So, we are trying to give you some business ideas. Many of us think we can do business but can't figure out how to do it. So, through this website we are introducing some small business ideas to you, so that your thoughts become clear.

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The small business idea we will discuss today is Paper Bag Manufacturing in West Bengal.

We all know that the use of paper bags has increased a lot since the ban on plastic bags. These paper bags are now being used in many places such as hospitals, shopping malls, vegetable shops, fruit shops, various small retail shops such as gift shops, grocery stores, clothing stores and many more places.

Paper bags are easy to make. It can also be sold at very high prices in the market. Paper bags are also very nice to look at and eco-friendly.

Paper bag business can be done in two ways. The first way is to buy raw materials yourself and make them at home, and you can sell them at various shopping malls, grocery stores, etc. in these places. Even if you do business in this way, you can still make a lot of profit. And the second way is to buy a machine and do production. I have tried to highlight two methods.

I think you have to go the first way, and those who want to do business on a larger scale can go the second way.

Since I live in West Bengal, I have highlighted where to find raw materials here. You can get raw material paper, glue, rope of this business in Barabazar area of Kolkata. There is Baithakkhana Bazaar at Surendranath College where you can buy paper rolls. You can buy ropes at Satyanarayan Park, Old China Bazaar and Khangra Patti.

Bag Manufacturing Business Training in West Bengal

This business usually does not require training, you can watch the video on YouTube on how to make a paper bag. If you still want to take any training then you can take training from Ariadaha, Pratap Rudra Ln, Kolkata there is an NGO here. You can also take training from any training center you know.

But in my opinion, if you don't need training, don't take it.

⚡ How to Grow in the Paper Bag Business? ⚡

In India this business can earn 10 to 20 rupees per 1 kg. If we continue to make a profit of Rs.15 per 1 kg, then if we work 8 hours, this business can make a profit of Rs.7000 to 8000. This profit may increase or decrease depending on you.

There are restrictions on the use of plastic bags abroad, so the demand for paper bags is very high there. You can earn a lot of money by exporting these paper bags abroad. There are many countries in Africa where the use of plastic bags is banned and the use of plastic bags is punishable.

Here are some of the countries we can list such as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mauritania, Zambia, etc. You can make a profit by exporting to these countries.

Now you may be wondering why we are going to export from here to there?

The reason for this is that this machine is being made in very few countries like India, Europe and China. Paper is also made in probably 10 to 12 countries around the world. So our customers in Africa import both paper bag making machines and paper from our India, as well as from other countries. Labor costs in India are much lower than in other countries. Therefore, India will be able to export paper bags at a much lower cost than other countries.

If you are interested in exporting then you need to do a little research on these issues. You can search YouTube, you can search Google, you can take online classes, you can gain knowledge about export and move forward in business.

Investment

Paper bag machines come in 3 different sizes. You need to buy the machine in ratio to how big your business is. If you want to print in paper bags you can also do this. There are three types of printing machines available in the market, namely screen printing, offset printing and flexography printing. Through which you can print your customer's business logo or design.

The price of paper bag machines in the market is around 5 to 10 lakh rupees. And the printing machine costs from 1 to 10 lakh rupees, which you can buy according to your business budget. In terms of total production, this machine can make 7000 paper bags per hour from 60 kg paper rolls. This means you can make 125 paper bags from 1 kg of raw material.

Raw Materials

Paper bag business requires Paper Roll, Glue and Printing Ink. First of all, let's talk about paper rolls. There are different types of paper rolls such as brown craft paper, white craft paper, butter paper, these three types of paper are used to make paper bags. The market cost of this paper is 25 to 40 rupees per 1 kg.

These papers are of different GSM. Glue to make paper bags and if you have to buy a printing machine then Printing Ink will also be needed. Market cost of Glue and Printing Ink will be 5 rupees per 1 kg paper bag.

These bags are priced in the market according to the size, quality, GSM, which can be around 40 to 50 rupees per kg. It will cost 35 rupees per kg to make this paper bag with almost all the costs. You can get a total profit of Rs.500-600 per hour of production.