''Niwar'' (''newar, niwar, nivar'') is a broad, thick cotton tape that was originally produced in India's product of cottage industry, it is a kind of coarse cotton tape used to form the web of a

charpai Charpai, Charpaya, Charpoy, Khat or Manji (Tamil :கட்டில் Hindi : चारपाई, Bengali: চারপায়া, Urdu: چارپائی, Saraiki, Punjabi; ''char'' "four" + ''paya'' "footed") is a traditional woven bed used ...

(a bed base).

Cottage industry

Niwar was, like many tapes and strings, originally a products of handloom industry. These products were partly manufactured in jails of the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

region during the 19th century. In the 21st century Niwar is produced by machines and is made from both cotton and synthetic materials. Besides charpais, Niwar is used in many furniture items of

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin ...

and metal, such as folding beds. Niwar is

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

d with a HS code.

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Cottage industry

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