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Post’s marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (May/April) rice production is forecast marginally lower at 34.51 million metric tons (MMT) on estimated lower planting (11.7 million hectares).

Post’s marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (May/April) rice production is forecast marginally lower at 34.51 million metric tons (MMT) on estimated lower planting (11.7 million hectares).

From calendar year (CY) 2012 to 2015, U.S. agricultural export sales to Bangladesh rose by approximately 174 percent to $498 million, now higher than Pakistan.

MY 2016/17 cotton area is forecast unchanged at 43,000 hectares (HA); farmers are not projected to add cotton area due to expected higher profit margins for other short duration crops.

For MY 2016/17 (May-April), total rice area and production levels are projected to increase slightly to 11.8 million hectares (HA) and 34.55 million metric tons (MMT) assuming good weather...

MY 2015/16 production is expected to fall to 119,000 bales due to unfavorable weather in the southwestern region around Jessore.

In 2013, the Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute published a guideline to assess the food safety of products derived from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

On May 15, 2014, the Ministry of Science and Technology gazetted the Work Plan for the National Biotechnology Policy 2012.

For marketing year (MY) 2015/16 (May to April) the rice area and production forecast is unchanged at 11.8 million HA and 34.6 million metric tons (MMT).

Constructed in 1887 near the Karnafuli river channel and located approximately 16 kilometers upstream from the Bay of Bengal, the Chittagong Port is the country’s largest seaport.

From calendar year (CY) 2009 to 2014, global export sales of apples to Bangladesh were on average approximately 140,000 tons, but in value have grown from $68.8 to $103.5 million.

For marketing year (MY) 2015/16 (May to April), Post’s rice production estimate is lowered to 34.6 million tons due to floods that affected Aman rice production...