Bangladesh July-January export income reaches 21.32 bln USD

DHAKA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first seven months of the current 2017-18 fiscal year (July 2017 to June 20183) grew nearly 7 percent to 21.32 billion U.S. dollars with readymade garments as the key performer, an official said Tuesday.
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official, who preferred to be unnamed, told Xinhua that the country earned a total of 21,324.9 million U.S. dollars from exports during July-January compared to 20,013.28 million U.S. dollars in the same period a year earlier.
Quoting the EPB data, the official said export performance for January was 3.50 billion U.S. dollars, 3.54 percent higher than that in the same month a year ago.
He said readymade garment exports from Bangladesh grew by about 8 percent to 17.66 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Bangladesh set its export target in 2017-18 fiscal year at 37.50 billion dollars, including 30.16 billion dollars from ready-made garment products.  Enditem