Mango production, export set to hit record

Bangladesh is going to witness a bumper production and export of delicious summer fruit mango in this season as some 2,05,034 hectares of land will be brought under mango cultivation eying for a record production target of 27 lakh tonnes. The officials concerned also expect to export abroad around 5,000 tonnes of mango this time. Bangladesh exports mango every year to some 38 countries including UK, Italy, France, Canada while this is for the first time, mango will be exported to China. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has already been signed between the two countries in this regard. Talking to BSS, project director of the exportable mango production project Arifur Rahman hoped that the country is expected to witness bumper production of mango this time subject to having favourable conditions and weather. Besides, he informed that there is also a target for exporting some 5,000 metric tons of mango this time. Regarding the potential of exporting mango to China, he said ...