Country’s export earnings witnessed a whopping
54.82 percent growth in March fetching $4,762.22 million buoyed by the
healthy performances of the RMG, manufactured commodities, leather and
leather products and specialized textiles.

According to the latest figures of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the
single-month export earnings are also 34.22 percent higher than the strategic
export target of $3,548 million.

The single-month export earnings in March 2021 were 3,076.03 million.

The EPB statistics also showed that the export earnings during the July-March
period of the current fiscal year (FY22) reached $38,605.67 million with a
healthy 33.41 percent growth.

The country’s export-oriented sectors bagged $28,938.35 million during the
July-March period of the last fiscal year (FY21).

During this nine-month period, the RMG shipment grew by 33.81 percent to
fetch $31,428.4 million.

Of the receipts, around $17,119.90 million came from knitwear shipments,
while woven items fetched around $14,308.50 million, according to the EPB.

Two other major export sectors — agricultural and leather and leather
products — also saw 28.35 percent growth to earn $958.46 million and 30.95
percent growth to bag $896.8 million respectively during this nine-month
period.

Besides, fish, pharmaceuticals and plastic products also posted impressive
growth during this period.

The data mentioned that all sectors, except jute and jute goods, had been
performing well in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.

Jute and jute goods suffered a negative growth of 6.97 percent during this
July-March period.