India is the biggest importer of woven garments from Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh are rivals in garment export but now Bangladesh has became the largest exporter of woven garment items to India in 2014 superseding China. China is still the largest knit product exporter to the Indian market. Bangladesh’s export share of woven garments to Indian market reached 29 per cent in 2014 compared to that of 26.96 per cent by China, they added. Bangladesh’s top 10 woven items shipped to India in 2014 included men’s suits, jackets and trousers worth US $ 52.40 million while the country fetched US $ 19.20 million by exporting men’s shirts to the neighbouring country.

Bangladesh exported woven products worth US $ 85.73 million and knit items worth US $ 27.88 million to India in 2014, but India imported woven items worth US $ 80.04 million and knit products worth US $ 93.63 million from China in the last calendar year.