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Husk
Mature husks arrive from the coconut triangle and the southern estates. Fresh husk gives longer, brighter fibre.
Janahitha Coir Mills · Matara District, Sri Lanka · est. 1980s
Coir, by the container.
Coco peat, coir fibre, mattress coir and twine, milled by one family for three generations and loaded at Colombo for buyers who order in volume.
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Four lines
Everything the husk gives, graded for the buyer who needs it.
Growing-media distributors, fibre importers, mattress makers and hop-yard suppliers each buy a different part of the coconut. We make all four, on one yard, so a mixed container is one order.
Coco Peat
Coir pith, washed or unwashed, compressed 5:1 into blocks and bricks.
Specification
Coir Fibre
Golden bristle and mixed fibre, extracted, dried and pressed into export bales.
Specification
Mattress Coir
Curled, twisted fibre for mattress, upholstery and rubberised coir makers.
Specification
Coir Twine & Rope
Two- and three-ply coir yarn, hop twine and rope, spooled or in hanks.
SpecificationContainers, not bricks
Say the quantity. See the box.
Serious buyers qualify themselves. Pick a line, drag the quantity, and see how many containers it fills before you ask us anything.
26tonnes, approx.
1× 40 ft HC
0× 20 ft
Indicative loads. Exact counts depend on packing and pallet choice; we confirm on the quote.
Husk to container
Seven steps, one yard, no middlemen.
Scroll sideways through the mill. Every stage happens on our own ground in Denipitiya.
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Soak
Husks are soaked to soften the pith so the fibre separates without breaking.
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Defibre
Spiked drums tear husk into long bristle, mixed fibre and pith. Nothing is wasted: each stream becomes a product.
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Dry
Fibre and pith dry on open yards under the southern sun, turned by hand until moisture falls under the grade.
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Grade
Fibre is sieved and cleaned; pith is aged and sieved; twine is spun and tested for runnage and strength.
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Bale
Hydraulic presses turn loose material into bales and blocks that stack evenly and fill a container to its weight limit.
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Load
Containers are stuffed at the yard and sealed. Documents go to you the same day; the box goes to Colombo.
Where it goes
Milled in the south. Sold everywhere coir is sold.
Half the world's sourcing searches for coir come from the United States; India, the United Kingdom and Australia make up most of the rest. For forty years our coir reached them under exporters' names. From 2026 it ships under ours.
Markets and shipping termsThree generations
The yard your grandfather's exporter bought from.
Janahitha Fibre Mills started in the 1980s with a defibring drum and a drying yard in the coconut country south of Akuressa. The third generation runs the same yard, bigger, with the same rule: the fibre that leaves the gate is fibre we would buy.
Our storyWhy buyers switch to the mill
Direct from the yard
No exporter margin, no second warehouse. The price you get is the mill price plus freight.
Tested per batch
EC, pH, moisture and impurity are measured before pressing. The figures travel with the container.
Terms on the page
MOQ, container load and lead time are published for every line, so a quote is a confirmation, not a negotiation.
A reply within a day
Enquiries are answered within 24 hours, every day of the year, on WhatsApp or email, by someone at the mill.
Before you ask
What every buyer asks first.
What is the minimum order?
One 20 ft container per line. Coir twine can be combined with another line to fill a container, or ordered from 5 tonnes.
How long from order to shipment?
Fourteen to twenty-one days from confirmed order to gate for coco peat and fibre; twenty-one to twenty-eight days for mattress coir and twine, which need curing and spinning time. Transit from Colombo is additional.
Which ports and terms do you ship on?
FOB Colombo as standard. CIF and CFR to your port on request. Containers are stuffed and sealed at the mill in Denipitiya.
Can I get a sample before ordering?
Yes. Samples of any line ship by courier within five working days; courier cost is charged and credited against your first container.
Do you supply under private label?
Yes. Coco peat blocks and bricks, and twine spools, can be wrapped and labelled to your artwork.
Which markets do you ship to?
Sri Lankan coir from the mill has gone through exporters to the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the Gulf. From 2026 we ship direct.
Tell us the line, the quantity and the port.
You will have a quote within one working day.