Bangladesh is taking part as co-organiser for the second time in the Mekong-Lancang Fruits Festival 2026 in Kunming, where Bangladeshi firms will present fruit and farm products to Chinese and international buyers.
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said the fisheries sector can now meet domestic demand and should turn its attention to exports.
Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid urged strict quality control at every stage of fish production so that Bangladesh can increase its fish exports.
The commerce ministry plans to cut or adjust aromatic rice export quotas as domestic prices rise, and has told permitted exporters to report their actual shipments within three working days.
The government will import 110,000 tonnes of urea, DAP and TSP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and Morocco for about Tk 902.74 crore.
Japan's halt on Indian mangoes, China's action on rice and tighter spice checks elsewhere have exposed weaknesses in India's testing and traceability systems.
While Bangladesh's fish output and exports grow, fishers and scientists say hilsa production is falling and the average fish is getting smaller.
FruitsThe 2025 American pistachio crop was the largest ever, and for the first time the nut was eaten more widely at home than walnuts or pecans.
CropsAt a Jago News round table in Dhaka on 27 June 2026, agricultural economist Dr Jahangir Alam Khan said only a tiny share of Bangladesh's fruit is exported and called on the country's embassies to work harder to find new markets.
Without storage, processing technology, good packaging and easy certification, large amounts of Bangladesh's mangoes go to waste, Naogaon agri-entrepreneur Sohel Rana said.
AgribusinessBangladesh's fruit-processing industry was struggling with an export incentive cut from 20 to 10 per cent, costly loans and dearer raw materials, Hashem Foods managing director Md Abul Hashem told a roundtable on 27 June 2026.
Satkora, the aromatic citrus known as Sylhet's traditional fruit, is now almost entirely imported from India, and part of it is re-exported abroad under the name Sylheti satkora.
CropsPoor coordination between research institutes, the DAE, the Department of Agricultural Marketing and entrepreneurs was holding back Bangladesh's fruit processing industry, BARI chief scientific officer Dr Md Golam Ferdous Chowdhury told a Jago News round table on 27 June 2026.
