CropsAccording to Department of Agricultural Extension data, Amrapali, the BARI Aam-3 variety, has passed Fazli, Himsagar, Langra and Gopalbhog to become the single most widely grown mango in Bangladesh and the leader in exports. This June 2026 report traces the variety's rise.
CropsMango, jackfruit, pineapple and dragon-fruit output is rising in Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban, but exporters and agriculture officials say no cargo flights, high air freight and unquarantined orchards keep Chattogram's fresh-fruit exports small.
CropsIn June 2026, Department of Agricultural Extension data showed about 34 kinds of foreign fruit grown in Bangladesh, a dozen of them commercially successful. Dragon fruit and malta led, and home-grown dragon fruit had been exported to Sweden.
FruitsChina imported $18.94 billion of fruit in 2025, led by durian from Thailand and Vietnam, according to its food and farm produce trade chamber. A Jagonews24 report in June 2026 cited analysts who saw the market as an opportunity for Bangladeshi fruit.
FruitsA memorandum to facilitate jackfruit exports from Bangladesh to China was signed during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to China in June 2026, when Bangladesh held only 0.3 percent of world jackfruit exports.
Malaysian durian is winning buyers from China to Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and exports have grown sharply in recent years.
FruitsFrom the start of the 2026 lychee season to 14 June, Vietnam exported more than 16,000 tonnes of fresh lychee worth nearly US$11 million to China through the Kim Thanh border gate in Lao Cai province.
Pakistan's mango exports are expected to fall by at least 30 per cent this season as conflict in the Middle East hits its main markets and freight costs soar.
FruitsHigher home production and higher import duties cut Bangladesh's fruit imports, DAE figures reported by Jagonews24 on 27 June 2026 showed, while exports stayed at a few thousand tonnes and exporters blamed soaring air freight.
Bangladesh ranks among the world's leading fruit producers, yet processes less than 2 per cent of its fruit while other top producers process half or more.
Demand for Bangladeshi mango, jackfruit and other fruit is growing abroad, but exporters say soaring air freight and weak airport infrastructure are holding the sector back.
Bangladesh's fruit output has risen from about one crore tonnes to more than 1.5 crore tonnes in a decade, making it one of the world's top 10 tropical fruit producers.
Fourteen of the 64 Bangladeshi products with geographical indication status are fruits, most of them mangoes, opening the way to origin-based branding.
