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% |
Data and Analysis
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.
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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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...