Bangladesh has crossed the US $ 50 billion export mark in the just concluded FY ‘22 and if reports are to be believed, along with apparels, home textiles, leather and leather goods and jute products played a major role in this.
Reports citing provisional data from Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), underlined in July-June, the Bangladesh’s diversified export basket contributed about 19 per cent to the total export earnings of US $ 52.08 billion, while apparel shipment alone accounts for more than 81 per cent, which once went up to 84 per cent even if textile sector saw a 43.28 per cent growth to US $ 1.62 billion year-on-year, while leather and leather goods earned US $ 1.24 billion registering 32.23 per cent growth in the last fiscal.