Flood damage hits Bangladesh veg exports
Even two months ago exporters shipped up to 120 tonnes of vegetables a day, but the quantity dropped to 70 tonnes a day due to a scarcity of fresh produce.
Most of the fertile northern districts, including Kurigram, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Jamalpur, Bogra and Sunamganj, were hit by the flood.
Moreover, the transportation is also a big challenge for the vegetable exporters as the roads and highways have also been damaged by the flood, said Mohammad Mansur, general secretary of the Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables & Allied Products Exporters' Association.
“We are facing a scarcity of produce,” said Khaledur Rahman, a vegetable exporter.
Of the total exports of vegetables from Bangladesh in a year, 60 percent are sent to the EU and the remaining 40 percent elsewhere, according to the exporters.
source: thedailystar.net
