China accounts for 80 per cent of litchi fruit exports

China, Vietnam and India are major producers and Exporters of litchi, according to Society for Horticultural Sciences. China is in top rank followed by Vietnam and India. Vietnam is the second largest litchi exporting country even though it has a smaller output compared to China and India.  United States, Canada and countries in the EU are major importers of litchis from different countries with China supplying around 80 per cent of total demand.

Meanwhile, other South Asian countries including India and Bangladesh supply the remaining 20 per cent, according to the ISHS. In 2021, China exported 63.2 million US dollars worth of litchis to different countries last year. Bihar and Jharkhand grow large quantities of litchi in India..

Bangladesh exporters shipped 112 tons of the fruit during the first six months of 2023, “We expect the volume of litchi export will cross last fiscal year’s mark. Mohammad Monsur, general secretary of the Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables and Allied Product Exporter’s Association, said around 30 exporters are shipping litchi to different countries. So far,

Bangladesh Litchi growers have got orders of 2.5 tons from different countries.

A single Orchard in Bangladesh has exported 300 kilograms of Litchi for the first time though the country has been exporting the citrus fruit for the past twenty years.  The fruit grown in Dinajpur district was brought to Dhaka for export The first consignment comprised about 16,000 pieces of litchi of the Bedana variety.The litchis are expected to reach France within 72 hours of their departure from Dhaka.

Another 9,500 kilograms, of the China-3 variety will be exported to France in the next consignment, which will be directly collected from different litchi orchards in Dinajpur district where it is grown in large tracts of land.. Around 2 lakh tons of litchi of various varieties are produced in Bangladesh annually on 26,000 hectares of land across the country.