Notwithstanding the various fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has registered its highest ever single-month export earnings amounting to US $ 4.72 billion in 2021, surpassing the US $ 3.46 billion target set for October while registering 60.37 per cent year-on-year growth, thereby giving rise to new hopes even as the country celebrates its 50 years of independence.
Media reports maintained this citing data from the country’s Export Promotion Bureau or EPB, adding garments’ shipment increased by 53.27 per cent to US $ 3.56 billion year-on-year in the same month (October), raising the total export earnings to US $ 15.74 billion in the first four months of this fiscal year.
The highest earnings, reportedly, came from knitwear shipment (US $ 2.04 billion) even as woven items fetched US $ 1.51 billion, while both have posted more than 52 per cent growth — the July-October earnings were 22 per cent higher than US $ 12.84 billion earned in the same period last fiscal year and 13 per cent higher than the set target — from the same period a year ago.
