Investor Presentaiton
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Volume-driven Export Earnings
Table: Stylised Data on Bangladesh's Export FY22 & FY21 (July-May)
Export
Major export
FY22 (July- FY21 (July-
Net export
Net export
growth
(July-May
(July-May
(in billion USD)
Net export
growth
items
May)
May)
(in %)
FY22)
FY21)
(in %)
RMG
38.52
28.56
34.9
18.56
13.73
35.2
Knitwear
20.99
15.36
36.6
11.54
8.45
36.6
Woven garments
17.54
13.20
32.8
7.01
5.28
32.8
Non-RMG
8.65
6.62
30.7
7.35
5.65
30.2
Total
47.17
35.18
34.1
25.90
19.37
33.7
Source: Estimated from EPB (n.d.)
Note: For calculating net export, below-mentioned weights were considered for the export items:
Knitwear: 0.55, Woven garments: 0.4, Home Textiles: 0.6, Other Non-RMG products except Home textiles: 0.9
While export growth has been robust at 34.1 percent over the first 11 months of
FY2021-22, from foreign exchange retention perspective, estimation of net export
as against gross export is important. The two figures for FY2021-22 (July-May) are
estimated to be USD 25.90 billion and USD 47.17 billion respectively (net export
being about 55.0% of gross export).
The slowdown in export growth in May, 2022 in the face of lower growth and even
signs of recession in some of the key markets, do not augur well for export sector
performance in the coming months.
CPD (2022): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22 (Third Reading)
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