“…Bast fibers are collected from the phloem or bast surrounding the stem of certain dicotyledonous plants [ 7 , 8 ]. These types of fiber have higher tensile strength than that of other natural fibers, so that they could be ideal to be used for different applications in many industries, including textiles, non-woven, rope and nets, as well as pulp, paper and paper board production [ 9 , 10 ]. In the last few decades, research projects were carried out on utilization of bast fiber [ [11] , [12] , [13] ] due to attractive features of the bast fibers, namely their low cost, light weight and high specific modulus.…”