CropsKhulna district produced more than 80,000 tonnes of fruit on about 25,000 hectares in 2024-25, yet by June 2026 it had no cold storage, processing or organised fruit market, and no fruit had been exported from the district.
FruitsAn orchard started as a hobby in 2003 on the hills of Mirsarai in Chattogram covered about 50 acres by June 2026, with some 50 kinds of local and foreign fruit trees including avocado, rambutan and cardamom.
The Serbian town of Arilje supplies about a fifth of the country's raspberry exports, but growers face a drought-hit crop and prices that do not cover costs.
More than 30 per cent of Chapainawabganj's mangoes now sell online, but sellers say the cost of Facebook advertising paid in dollars is eroding their profits and raising prices.
CropsAccording to the FAO's latest global database, China is the world's largest processor of fruit and crops, followed by Brazil and India, and more than half of the top 10 countries are in Asia.
FruitsThe Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture has released BINA Sofeda-1, a sapodilla variety developed with gamma rays and registered by the National Seed Board in 2023, whose fruits weigh 250 to 450 grams.
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.
FruitsIn June 2026 BARI's Fruit Research Station at Binodpur, Rajshahi, was conserving all 18 BARI mango varieties and foreign germplasm and trialling grapes, pomegranate and other fruits; its varieties include the coloured BARI Mango-14 and BARI Falsa-1, though officials said a staff shortage limited its work.
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 fruit expert Dr Md Mehedi Masud wrote that pruning, forcing new shoots and bagging now let Bangladeshi farmers grow Thai guava all year; on the figures he cited, national guava output passed 6.64 lakh tonnes in 2024-25.
Watermelon is by far the biggest fruit crop in Barishal division, followed by betel nut, coconut, banana and mango, according to 2024-25 production data.
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.
