Published :
Updated :
For all latest news, follow The Financial Express Google News channel.
Single-month export earnings in April'24 recorded a negative growth of 0.99 per cent, reaching US$3.91 billion.
Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released on Thursday revealed that April'24 earnings also fell short of the target by 16.78 per cent.
The government set a target of US$4.70 billion in earnings for April this year.
The overall export trade of the country during the past ten months of the current fiscal year (FY) from July to April also marked a growth of 3.93 per cent to US$47.47 billion, but the earnings fell 6.87 per cent short of the target set for the period.
And during the July-April period of FY 2022-23, Bangladesh earned US$45.67 billion, the EPB data showed.
Out of the total US$47.47 billion, readymade garments (RMG) fetched US$40.49 billion during the July-April period of the 2023-24 fiscal, marking 4.97 per cent year-on-year growth.