Export earnings up by 12.88pc

The country’s export earnings in the first nine months of the current fiscal year totalled $ 22,242.66 million, up by 12.88 per cent over the same period last year. The growth has been attributed to good performances in RMG, leather and leather products. The earnings were also 0.80 per cent higher than the strategic target of $ 22,066.75 million, according to the latest figures from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) available on Thursday. The EPB figures revealed that the country’s export earnings in March this year grew by 4.79 per cent. The export earnings in March were, however, 9.25 per cent lower than the strategic export target of $2,659.60 million. The export earnings in March last year were $ 2,303.42 million. According to the EPB data for the July-March period woven garment fetched the bulk of the export earnings with $ 9,221.72 million, according to a news agency.