Bangladesh’s apparel shipments to one of its most-promising non-traditional export destination, India, recorded year-on-year increase of 99 per cent in July and August this year.
This is as per reports, which cited data released by the country’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) recently, as per which, Bangladesh exported apparels worth US $ 188 million to India in July and August this year, up from what was US $ 94 million last fiscal.
It may be mentioned here Bangladesh’s apparel export to India, is witnessing an increasing trend for some time now, for which Bangladesh garment makers have credited a host of reasons.
Meanwhile, amongst other non-traditional markets, apparel exports to Japan also witnessed a 26 per cent growth and reached US $ 217 million during the same period, further added reports.