Commercial Counsellor of the Bangladesh embassy in China, Mahfuzul Alam Khan, recently stated that Bangladesh can earn a lot of money by exporting different agricultural products to China. The demand for lemon, mango, pineapple, jackfruit and guava in Chinese market is very high, and China is already importing a huge amount of these products from African and Asian countries.
“Considering the tariffs, retail prices and volumes of import of China, Bangladesh can export the agro products to Chinese market easily. The production cost of the products in Bangladesh is very low while the products are available here,” he said recently, speaking on the market analysis of the Commercial Wing of the Bangladesh embassy in Beijing.
Mahfuzul said China imports dried lemons and limes worth about US$ 28 million per year from South Africa, the USA and New Zealand. Chinese buyers import fresh or dried mangoes worth about US$ 17.7 million every year from Australia, Peru, Thailand and Philippines.
Fresh or dried pineapples worth about US$ 5.2 million are sent to China every year from Thailand, the USA and Vietnam. The Chinese import fresh or dried Guavas from Taiwan and Thailand, worth some US$ 1.8 million every year.
According to sangbadprotikkhon.com¸ Deputy Director of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Mohammed Shahjalal said the EPB has already sent a list of Bangladesh’s agricultural products to the Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables and Allied Products Exporter’s Association (BFVAPEA) to take steps for searching buyers of the products abroad.
“We will provide all support to the exporters if they want to export these products,” he added.
