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Export earnings, import bill may increase

Thursday, 5 June 2014


Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday hoped that the export earnings and import expenditure might increase by approximately 15 per cent in fiscal 2014-15 considering a positive trend in the global economy. “We expect that import and export growth will accelerate thanks to a positive trend in the global economy. We are assuming that export earnings and import expenditure may increase by approximately 15 per cent,” he said while placing the national budget for fiscal 2014-15 in Parliament this afternoon, according to a news agency.