Bangladesh Removes Fumigation On-Arrival Requirement for US Cotton

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   BG2023-0012

On May 17, 2023 the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture published a special regulatory order amending the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018, thereby allowing the importation of U.S. cotton into Bangladesh without fumigation on-arrival.

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