, Jan. 7 -- Bangladesh on Wednesday received the first shipment of US corn since 2018 consists of 57,855 metric tonnes of yellow corn.

The US Embassy in Dhaka welcomed the arrival of the first shipment of US corn to Bangladesh since 2018 at Chittagong Port.

The shipment consists of 57,855 metric tonnes of yellow corn harvested in North and South Dakota and Minnesota during the 2025-26 crop year and shipped from Vancouver, Washington.

This shipment marks the first opportunity in eight years for Bangladeshi feed millers to use high-quality US corn as a source of animal nutrition, said the Embassy.

US Embassy Dhaka Agricultural Attache Erin Covert visited the port to greet the ship along with a consortium of buyers from three major feed ...