Wahi a ka ʻikepili mai ka Bangladesh Tea Bureau (state-run unit), ka hoʻopuka o ke kī a lako kī kīma Bangladesh i hoʻonui i ka moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe i ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa i kēia makahiki, hiki i ka 14.74 miliona kilokani, ka piʻiʻana o ka makahiki he 17%, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi moʻolelo hou. Ua ʻōlelo ka Papa ʻĀpana ʻo Bangladesh no ka maikaʻi o ka wā, ka hāʻawi kūpono ʻana o nā mea kanu i kākoʻo ʻia, ka nānā mau ʻana e ke Kuhina Kālepa a me ka Papa Ti, a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana a nā mea kanu kī a me nā limahana e lanakila ai i nā hōʻeha i ʻAukake. Ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe mea kanu kī e pili ana ka hahau ʻana i ka hana a lilo ka ʻoihana. Mai ka lā 9 o ʻAukake, ua hoʻopaʻa nā limahana kī i ʻelua hola i kēlā me kēia lā e koi i ka hoʻonui uku. Mai ʻAukake 13, ua hoʻomaka lākou i ka hahau pau ʻole i nā mahi kī a puni ka ʻāina.

ʻOiai e hoʻi ana nā limahana i ka hana, nui ka poʻe i ʻoluʻolu ʻole i nā kūlana like ʻole i pili i ka uku o kēlā me kēia lā a ʻōlelo ʻia nā mea hana i hāʻawi ʻia e nā mea kanu kī kī ʻaʻole i kūlike me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hoʻomalu o ke keʻena kīʻaha, ʻoiai ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hana ʻana i ka hana ʻana, ua hoʻomaka koke ka hana ma nā kīhāpai kī. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, ma muli o ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana o nā mea kanu kī, nā mea kālepa a me nā limahana, a me nā ʻano hana like ʻole a ke aupuni, ua piʻi nui ka mana hana o ka ʻoihana kī. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana kī ma Bangladesh i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. Wahi a ka ʻikepili mai ka Tea Bureau, ʻo ka huina hoʻopuka ma 2021 e pili ana i 96.51 miliona kilokani, he piʻi ma kahi o 54% ma mua o 2012. ʻO ia ka hua kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka mōʻaukala 167-makahiki o ka ʻoihana mahi kī. I nā mahina ʻeiwa mua o 2022, ʻo 167 mau kīhāpai kī ma Bangladesh he 63.83 miliona kilokani. Ua ʻōlelo ka luna o ka Bangladesh Tea Merchants Association, ke ulu nei ka ʻai kīʻaha kūloko i ka 6% a 7% i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻai.kīipuhaos.

Wahi a ka poʻe i loko o ka ʻoihana, ma Bangladesh, 45 pakeneka okīʻaha kīʻai ʻia ma ka home, a ʻo ke koena e ʻai ʻia ma nā hale kī, nā hale ʻaina a me nā keʻena. ʻO nā ʻano kī kī ʻōiwi e noho aliʻi ana i ka mākeke kūloko Bangladeshi me kahi māhele mākeke 75%, me nā mea hana ʻole inoa ʻole e noho ana i ke koena. Uhi nā māla kī 167 o ka ʻāina i kahi kokoke i 280,000 ʻeka (e like me 1.64 miliona mau ʻeka). ʻO Bangladesh i kēia manawa ka iwa o ka mea hana kī nui loa ma ka honua, e helu ana ma kahi o 2% o ka nui o ka hana kī kī honua.