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The country's merchandise exports recorded a 4.61 per cent decline in September 2025 year-on-year to fetch US$3.62 billion, mainly because of negative growth of the largest foreign currency earner--readymade garments.
Bangladesh fetched US$3.80 billion in September 2024, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released on Sunday.
The country started the current fiscal year with a robust double-digit growth of about 25 per cent in July 2025, which later in August 2025 stumbled as exports fell by 2.93 per cent.
Out of the total US$3.61 billion, RMG fetched US$2.83 billion, marking a 5.66 per cent negative growth compared to that of September 2024 earnings, EPB data revealed.
Within the RMG segment, knitwear exports fell by 5.75 per cent to US$1.63 billion, while woven garments decreased by 5.54 per cent to US$1.20 billion.
However, the overall export earnings grew by 5.64 per cent to US$12.31 billion during the first three months of the current fiscal year of 2025-26.
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