Govt to raise wheat imports 10pc in 2018/19

Bangladesh will import around 6.5 million tonnes of wheat in the next marketing year, the USDA's local branch in the country estimated, according to a report published on www.agricensus.com Wednesday.

A 10 per cent increase from the branch's estimate last year, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects around 260,000 tonnes of wheat to be sourced from the US, which fits with official US export figures that have shown an uptick in wheat cargo inspections destined for Bangladesh.

The USDA's official estimate currently put wheat imports at 7.0 million tonnes, up from the official estimate of 6.4 million tonnes last year.