Exports rose 21.15 percent year-on-year to $2.37 billion in October
on the back of improved garment shipments, the country's largest foreign
currency earner, the Export Promotion Bureau said.
The EPB's data for October, released yesterday, also reflects a
rebound in exports from September, driven by recovery in overseas sales
of knitwear items.
There was, however, a decline in trade for most other major
exportable items like shrimp, jute yarn, twine and jute bags, leather
and footwear.
In the July-October period of fiscal 2015-16, exports rose 5 percent year-on-year to $10.13 billion, according to the EPB.
Shipments of woven garments grew to $4.06 billion, a 10 percent rise
year-on-year, in July-October. Exports of knitwear increased 2.7
percent to $4.17 billion during the period compared to the same period a
year ago.
