Export earnings increase by 18.50pc
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The country's export earnings in the first 10 months of the current fiscal stood at $9912.79 million (991.279 crore) against the target of $9990 million, reports BSS.
According to an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) handout, the export earnings from July 2006 to April 2007 were 18.50 per cent higher than that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
These were disclosed at a meeting of the EPB board of management, held Monday with Finance and Planning Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam in the chair.
During the period, earnings in the export of garments, knitwear, frozen foods, engineering products, ceramic products, handicrafts, textile fabrics, home textile, petroleum by-products and other industrial products increased considerably, the handout said.
However, the earnings decreased in the fields of chemicals, tea, jute products, raw jute, agri-products, bicycle and electronic products.
Among others, Commerce Secretary Firoz Ahmed, EPB Vice-Chairman Mohammad Sahab Ullah, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Mir Nasir Hossain, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) President Fazlul Haque were also present in the meeting.
According to an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) handout, the export earnings from July 2006 to April 2007 were 18.50 per cent higher than that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
These were disclosed at a meeting of the EPB board of management, held Monday with Finance and Planning Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam in the chair.
During the period, earnings in the export of garments, knitwear, frozen foods, engineering products, ceramic products, handicrafts, textile fabrics, home textile, petroleum by-products and other industrial products increased considerably, the handout said.
However, the earnings decreased in the fields of chemicals, tea, jute products, raw jute, agri-products, bicycle and electronic products.
Among others, Commerce Secretary Firoz Ahmed, EPB Vice-Chairman Mohammad Sahab Ullah, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Mir Nasir Hossain, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) President Fazlul Haque were also present in the meeting.