Ramie ( Boehmeria nivea L. Gaudich.) is one of the most valuable and oldest fibre crop grown in the world. China is the chief producer of ramie in the international market. Being a perennial crop, ramie

cultivation helps in soil conservation and due to its unique properties its demand is always higher than production. In this scenario, ramie cultivation in India is utmost important to the farmers. This plant has a wide adaptation power and can survive at any place. But for commercial production of cultivated varities of ramie, some specific soil and climatic factors are required. The North Eastern parts of India, especially, Assam is noted for ramie cultivation in wide scale. The soil from Ramie Research Station (RRS), Sorbhog, Assam was considered as standard soil for ramie cultivation. The chemical and physical properties of this soil was studied carefully and the fibre samples from plants grown in this soil was analyzed. It was found that the quality of fibre depends on available nutrient status of soil. The best quality of fibre was available when the quantity of available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the pre-existing plots were 460.60 – 474.05 kg/ha, 140.36 – 143.88 kg/ha and 49.72 – 63.16 kg/ha respectively.