$14,461m remittance in 2012-13

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday informed Jatiya Sangsad that expatriate Bangladeshis sent a total of $ 14,461 million home during the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Responding to a tabled question of treasury bench member Begum Pinu Khan, he said the amount of foreign remittance was $ 3,646.77 million in 2003-04, $ 3,848.29 million in 2004-05, $ 4,801.88 million in 2005-06, $ 5,974.47 million in 2006-07, $7,914.78 million in 2007-08, $ 9,689.26 million in 2008-09, $ 10,987.40 million in 2009-10, $ 11,650.31 million in 2010-11, $ 12,843.43 million in 2011-12 and $ 14,461.14 million in 2012-13. The minister said the government has fixed a target of remittance inflow at $ 14 billion in the current fiscal till June 30, 20014, according to BSS.