Lychee grows almost all over Bangladesh but the main areas of cultivation are Jessore, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Khulna, Dhaka, Kushtia, Sylhet and Chittagong districts. Lychee was found to grow well in the Government horticulture centres of three hill districts namely: Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban and also in Jamalpur, Rajbari, Meherpur, Chapainawabgonj and Comilla. The expansion of the lychee area in these districts is relatively slow due to high mortality rate of young lychee plants. Most of the growers as well as extension agents do not have the required knowledge and skill in lychee cultivation as a result of which interested farmers very often fail to establish new orchards.
At present the total area under lychee cultivation is about 4,800 hectares and total annual production is about 12,800 MT.