Published 14 Aug,2021 via The Financial Express - Spice import plummeted as demand for the cooking ingredients shrank amid corona prohibition on international and internal tours and hospitality as well as consumption restraint.
The import volume of mostly-consumed spices dropped to 35,771 tonnes during the January-June period of this calendar year, down by around 30 per cent from the previous corresponding period, according to the Plant Quarantine Wing of the Department of Agriculture.
The agricultural department monitors the import of spices and herbs in order to prevent introduction of quarantine pests into Bangladesh from other countries.
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