EXPORT OVERVIEW
Export Overview comprises information regarding the national exports of tobacco leaf
In the world
Percentage that the country represents in the international tobacco leaf trade (Source: calculated from data from FAO, 2019)
Production Outlook
Types of tobacco leaf grown in 2017 (Source: Tobacco Asia and Agricultural Yearbook of Bangladesh): Flue-Cured Virginia, Air-Cured Burley, Jati and Matihari
People Involved In Tobacco
Employment numbers of the tobacco leaf value chain in 2017 (Source: Tobacco and Nicotine Database): Growers: 100 000
AREA BY LEAF TYPE
Represents the percentage of area cultivated by tobacco leaf type in the country in 2017 (Source: Agricultural Yearbook of Bangladesh 2017)
FC Virginia
Matihari
Jati
KEY INSIGHTS
Key statistics of the tobacco leaf production in the country
Area
Production
Area/Grower
Export Value
Production Value
Yield
Revenue/Ha
TOBACCO IN BANGLADESH
Brief contextualisation of the importance of Tobacco in Bangladesh.
Khulna
Tobacco leaf production in Bangladesh is mostly due to the the crop providing a direct cash infusion and the existence of a structured tobacco market. Tobacco production has doubled since the early 21st century and has been relatively stable since then. Other factor that contributed to the production increase of this crop is the availability of loans. Tobacco companies filled financial gaps by providing loans directly to farmers, saving farmers the need to apply for bank loans. No other crop has organized marketing facilities and the lack of cold storage also creates difficulties for the marketing process of food crops, while growers stand to lose their full crop in case of not finding a buyer of the produce in appropriate time before having their production rotting. Growing tobacco eliminates the uncertainty regarding the sale of the production.
Sources: Tobacco and Nicotine database, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agricultural Yearbook of Bangladesh 2017, Akhter (2011) and ITGA
EXPORT PARTNERS
This section aims at identifying the most important commercial partners in terms of Value and Quantity (Source: Calculated from data from UN Comtrade)