Published 28 Mar,2021 via The Financial Express - Exports of vegetables from Bangladesh dropped to three-year low this fiscal year due to a lack of air cargo freighters during the Covid-19 pandemic that caused an almost halt in export to European Union (EU), said insiders.
Vegetable exports fetched US$61 million during the July-February period of the current fiscal year (FY'21), a 55 per cent fall compared to the corresponding period of FY'20.
According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, local vegetable exporters earned US$139 million in the same period of FY'20.
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