Dhaka: Pran, a processed food company in Bangladesh, has started exporting potato to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, setting the export target for this year at 40,000 tonnes.

‘We started exporting the vegetable as per their (buyers of the three countries) demand from this week,’ said M Mizanur Rahman, chief of export at Pran, in a press release obtained here in Dhaka.  

‘This is a new experience for Pran as it is exporting potato, the seasonal crop for the first time.’ he added.

‘We exported various types of potatoes including Granula, Diamond, Asterix, Courage through Chittagong sea port,’ he said.

Around 4,000 tonnes of potatoes have been exported to the three countries. The rest of the potatoes will be exported to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Hong Kong, Nepal, and Sri Lanka gradually.