Bangladesh’s export earnings grew by 15.26 per cent year-on-year in July, the first month of the current fiscal year, according to the Export Promotion Bureau.

Bangladesh exported goods worth USD $4.59 billion in July of the current fiscal year which is 15.26 per cent higher than in July in the previous fiscal year, it said.

The EPB released this updated data on commodity exports on Thursday.

Bangladesh exports 26 types of products and among those export of 17 items have increased.

The export target in 2023-24 fiscal year was set at $62 billion and the growth was fixed at 11.59 per cent.

In the previous fiscal year 2022-23, the income from export was $55.56 billion and the growth was 6.67 per cent.

According to the sector wise export data, the highest export income in July came from readymade garments. Export growth in this sector was 17.43 per cent. The total export of clothing products was $3.95 billion.

Among these, knitted garments worth $2.26 billion and woolen garments worth $1.68 billion were exported.