Bangladesh

U.S. Trade with Bangladesh in 2024

Export Market Rank
#34 Among U.S. Agricultural Export Markets
Total Export Value
$786.57 Million
3-Year Average
$822.72 Million
Compound Average Growth
4.8% (2015-2024)
Total Export Value 2015 - 2024
Export Value by Commodity 2024

Top 10 Exports to Bangladesh in 2024

Commodity Total Value (USD) Total Volume (Metric Tons) 10-Year Average Value (USD) 10-Year Growth
Soybeans $348.9 Million 723,233 $370.94 Million 16%
Cotton $250.55 Million 129,856 $291.54 Million 266%
Distillers Grains $42.12 Million 137,987 $28.01 Million 918%
Wheat $33.92 Million 113,064 $48.55 Million 117%
Other Feeds, Meals & Fodders $25.8 Million 46,383 $21.32 Million 11%
Soybean Meal $20.33 Million 44,713 $26.23 Million -19%
Pulses $19.25 Million 49,149 $3.44 Million ---
Other Intermediate Products $13.15 Million 190 $12.69 Million -40%
Live Animals $6.55 Million --- $5.03 Million 263%
Dairy Products $4.8 Million 1,888 $5.71 Million -18%

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Data and Analysis

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Bangladesh: Grain and Feed Update

For the marketing year (MY) 2024/25, Post lowers rice harvested area and production to 11.4 million hectares and 36.6 million metric tons (MT), respectively, due to an estimated loss of around 300,000 hectares of aman season rice from two consecutive floods in August and October 2024.
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Bangladesh: Cotton and Products Update

In marketing year (MY) 2024/25, Post forecasts cotton acreage and production slightly lower at 45,000 hectares and 153,000 bales, due to heavy rain in some cotton growing districts during the seed sowing period. For MY 2024/25, Post also forecasts...
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Bangladesh: Grain and Feed Update

On August 5, 2024, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned after 15 years in power, following weeks of violent protests. A new Interim Government (IG) was formed on August 8, 2024. The political situation is still evolving. For...

News and Features

For almost 50 years, Bangladesh required U.S. cotton be fumigated because of concerns about the boll weevil. Collaboration between USDA agencies and the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture resulted in amended import requirements, exempting the United States from the list of countries required to fumigate cotton upon arrival.
USDA, through its administration of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) Program, is the largest global donor to school feeding efforts, providing U.S. agricultural commodities, funding, and technical assistance to reduce hunger, support nutrition, and improve literacy and primary education, especially for girls, around the world.
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2021—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity: Export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year; and Export sales of 110,000...