Export–Import & Trade
Bangladesh fruit export earnings plunge 76% as freight costs soar and cold-chain gaps bite
Fruit export earnings fell to $7.38 million in July–September from $30.86 million a year earlier, as Hormuz-linked shipping disruption more than tripled freight costs and cold-chain gaps persisted.
Export–Import & Trade
QatarEnergy to deliver only 65% of contracted LNG cargoes to Bangladesh in 2027
QatarEnergy will deliver 26 of 40 contracted LNG cargoes to Bangladesh in 2027, and only 71 of 128 contracted cargoes are confirmed so far, so the government is fixing the import schedule only up to March.
Export–Import & Trade
Ningbo-Zhoushan bids for $157m minority stake in Brazil’s Paranaguá container terminal
China's Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is bidding at least $157m for a 10.73% stake in TCP, the main container terminal at Brazil's Port of Paranaguá.
Benapole Land Port
Land port exports slide as imports climb; MPs seek details of India trade deals
Exports through Bangladesh's 17 land ports fell to about 9.65 lakh tonnes in FY2025-26 while imports rose to 1.64 crore tonnes.
Chattogram Port
Chattogram Customs begins phased shift to Agrabad’s World Trade Centre
Seven assessment groups moved first on 1 November; full operations from the temporary site are targeted for the first week of December.
Chattogram Port
Bangladesh Railway to study rail links for every Chattogram port terminal
A Tk 93 crore World Bank-funded study will assess rail connections to existing and future terminals to cut the port's dependence on roads.
Export–Import & Trade
In Depth: the logistics bill – why moving goods costs Bangladesh up to 16% of GDP
World Bank, business and port figures point to transport inefficiency, slow clearance and weak rail links. What has been measured, what is planned, and what is still missing.
Export–Import & Trade
Chattogram Port automates import delivery documents, links terminal system to customs
The upgraded Terminal Operating System runs from delivery order to gate-out and blocks containers held by customs in ASYCUDA World.
Export–Import & Trade
Commerce minister: LDC graduation puts $17.5bn of exports at risk
The government is pursuing trade agreements and export diversification as Bangladesh prepares to lose least-developed-country preferences.
Export–Import & Trade
Import Policy Order 2026-29 lifts cap on non-LC commercial imports
The new order removes the $500,000 annual ceiling on imports without letters of credit and expands free-of-cost import facilities for exporters.
Export–Import & Trade
US cuts reciprocal tariff on Bangladesh to 19% in bilateral trade deal
The agreement signed in Washington on 9 February 2026 lowers the US tariff from 20% to 19% and grants zero reciprocal tariff to certain garments made with US cotton and synthetic fibre.
