At one time a lot of potatoes were exported from Bangladesh to different countries including Russia. But Russia stopped importing potatoes because of a bacterium called Brown Road Disease. However, by overcoming that problem, bacteria-free potatoes are being produced in Bangladesh at present. Russia lifts ban on potato exports from Bangladesh Russia has announced to start importing potatoes from Bangladesh again.

Russia has banned the import of potatoes since May 2015, citing the presence of "harmful bacteria".

Russia lifted the ban on the import of Bangladeshi potatoes in the midst of a series of talks between the two countries and a military operation in Ukraine.

Putin's country has also lifted restrictions on imports of pears from Bosnia, nuts from China, sister and seed fruits from Moldova and Serbia, and apples from Azerbaijan.

According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, in 2020-21, the country produced 11.3 million tons of potatoes against the demand of 6.8 million tons. The amount of potatoes exported annually is about 1 lakh tons.

Bangladesh usually exports potatoes to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Maldives, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia and Nigeria.