AgribusinessAgricultural and allied exports reached $4.47 billion in October while imports of five major farm categories rose 21.3% to $6.25 billion, led by vegetable oil and cotton.
AgribusinessAfter the US moved to end South Africa's AGOA participation, Agbiz economist Wandile Sihlobo estimated an average rise of about 3.4 percentage points in US tariffs on farm exports worth $504 million in 2025.
FruitsLemon is grown on 1,240 hectares in Moulvibazar; Sreemangal added 100 hectares in five years, wholesale prices are now Tk 15-35 a piece, but exports have not started.
AgribusinessThe agriculture ministry is considering farm processing and export zones at Khetlal in Joypurhat and Dupchanchia in Bogura, with 217.78 acres of state land in Panchagarh also to be assessed, after a feasibility study.
AgrotechA Tk 89 crore gamma irradiation centre at BINA's regional station in Gazipur will let mangoes, jackfruit and other farm produce be sterilised and kept longer for export.
FruitsA first consignment of 1.83 tonnes of Calendar-variety pineapples from Madhupur, Tangail, flew to Karachi, and importers in Pakistan have ordered about 42 tonnes more.
AgribusinessFederal and Ontario funding of nearly $22 million will help more than 130 agri-food businesses expand into new markets, with 925 jobs and up to $134 million in total investment expected.
FruitsAt an Export Promotion Bureau training in Manikchhari, Khagrachari, EPB chief Mohammad Hasan Arif said hill produce cannot be exported without quality production, and that no charge beyond official tolls is acceptable on the road to the plains.
AgribusinessThe Department of Agricultural Marketing has sent the agriculture ministry a draft plan for a complex on about five acres beside Osmani airport, with a 1,000-tonne cold store, grading and packing lines and ten testing laboratories.
AgribusinessThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says US farm exports to China rose nearly 50% in the first half of 2026 but remain far below 2022, while Mexico is providing the strongest growth.
AgribusinessAt a technical education and innovation fair seminar in Cumilla, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid said the government is working to make farm products major exports and urged less pesticide use for safe food.
AgribusinessEvery dollar of US agricultural exports supported $2.08 of total economic activity in 2024, the USDA Economic Research Service estimates, with processed goods adding the most.
VideoIn the latest AgriView episode, agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo asks whether the enlarged BRICS bloc is opening real markets for South African produce, or mostly producing talk.
