Export slump continues for 5 months, earnings drop again in November
In the last four months of the current fiscal year, the country’s economy has witnessed a downward trend in export earnings.
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has reported that export earnings decreased by 5.54 percent in the most recent month of November.
Providing updated information on the overall export scenario of the country, the agency said on Thursday that Bangladesh exported goods worth 3.8915 billion dollars in November. In November 2024, export earnings were 4.1196 billion dollars.
In the first five months of the 2024–25 fiscal year, export earnings amounted to 19.906 billion dollars.
The EPB press release stated, “The upward trend within a month indicates stability and adaptability within Bangladesh’s export sector.”
From the ready-made garment sector, one of the major sources of export earnings, 3.1409 billion dollars came in November. In the same month of the previous year, the sector earned 3.3061 billion dollars.
Based on this, export earnings in this sector also fell by around 5 percent.
In the ongoing 2025–26 fiscal year, the export target has been set at 63.50 billion dollars.
In July, the first month of the fiscal year, the country’s export earnings grew by 24.76 percent. But this positive trend did not continue in the following months.
Exports fell by 2.93 percent in August, 4.61 percent in September, and 7.43 percent in October.
In the most recent fiscal year, export earnings were 48.28 billion dollars, which was 8.58 percent higher than the previous fiscal year’s 44.28 billion dollars.
