SINCE Donald Trump took office once again as the 47th president of the United States, the re-imposition of tariffs on global imports has brought the issue of trade wars back to the forefront of policy and academic debate. While the first Trump presidency initiated the use of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 鈥� including the restriction of access to strategic technologies...
The country鈥檚 readymade garment exports witnessed a healthy growth of 10.84 per cent during the July-March period of the current financial year fetching $30.25 billion that highlights the resilience and potentials of the apparel sector...
Commerce adviser Seikh Bashir Uddin on Thursday dismissed any significant negative impact on the country鈥檚 exports after India withdrew its transshipment facility to the Bangladeshi cargoes reaching third countries through its ports...
Economists and business leaders said excessive reliance on readymade garment and fewer major export destinations and lack of diversification increasingly creating a risk on Bangladesh鈥檚 economy...
The government of India has withdrawn 20 per cent duty on onion export, effective from April 1...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union have recorded significant growth in the beginning of 2025, rising by 60.9 per cent to 1.91 billion euros in January, compared with 1.19 billion euros in the same month of 2024...
The exports of the country鈥檚 readymade garment items witnessed substantial growth to its major destinations in the past eight months (July-February) of the current financial year 2024-25...
The readymade garment exports to the United States, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, witnessed a robust growth of 45.93 per cent in January of 2025 to $799.65 million, according to the聽latest data published by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa)...
The export of the agricultural products witnessed a positive growth of 10.25 per cent to $742.47 million year-on-year in the July-February period of the current financial year...
The export of home textile products has witnessed a comeback over the past few months, owing to an improved order situation and increased production capacity...
RFL Group has signed an agreement with China鈥檚 Haitian Group to boost household goods exports...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union in 2024 increased by 4.8 per cent to 18.27 billion euros from 17.44 billion euros in 2023 riding on the late year surge in shipment...
Bangladeshi apparel exporters bagged $3.97 billion from the nontraditional market in July-January of the financial year 2024-25, which is 6.42 per cent higher than $3.72 billion in the same period of the previous financial year, according to the data from the Export Promotion Bureau...
Bangladesh鈥檚 earnings from exports witnessed a positive growth of 11.68 per cent to $28.97 billion in July-January period of ongoing financial year 2024-25, according to the latest data published by the Export Promotion Bureau...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union increased by 24 per cent in November 2024 compared with those in the same month of the previous year...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the United States experienced a slight decline of 0.44 per cent during the January-November period of 2024, compared to the same period of 2023...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union in October recorded highest growth of 33.78 per cent year-on-year, marking the strongest performance in the first 10 months of 2024...
German exports fell more than expected in October as demand from the United States slowed sharply, official data showed Friday, in more bad news for Europe鈥檚 biggest聽economy...
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports increased by 12.34 per cent year-on-year to $16.12 billion in July-November of the current financial year 2024-25 compared with those of $14.35 billion in the same period of FY24, driven by a pre-holiday rush for Christmas, Black Friday and Thanksgiving, as well as the clearing of the backlog...
Beijing said Tuesday it would restrict exports to the United States of some key components in making semiconductors, after Washington announced curbs targeting China鈥檚 ability to make advanced chips...
Bangladesh鈥檚 share in the United States鈥� denim trouser imports has steadily grown by 6.6 percentage points over the past seven years, increasing from 14.1 per cent in 2017 to 20.7 per cent as of September 2024 although the overall imports of the item by the US declined in the period...
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to the European Union could decline by 20 per cent due to the combined impact of EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, or EVFTA, and Bangladesh鈥檚 transition from a least developed country to a developing nation, according to a study...
Bangladesh鈥檚 newly appointed ambassador to Italy ATM Rokebul Haque stressed the need of more effective role of FAO for uninterrupted exports of agriculture goods during global emergencies and disasters, sidestepping export restrictions by any country...
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserve, calculated as per the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 guidelines, has increased marginally to $18.49 billion on Thursday amid increased remittance inflow and export earnings...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union in September rose by 6.9 per cent year-on-year to 1.53 billion euros, up from 1.43 billion euros in the same period of 2023, driven largely by knitwear, while woven garments posted slightly slower growth...
Chinese exports surged last month at their fastest pace in more than two years, data showed Thursday, easily topping forecasts and providing optimism about the聽economy...
Bangladesh鈥檚 agricultural product exports in the July-September period of the financial year 2024-25 increased slightly while the shipment of vegetables witnessed a sharp decline in the period...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the United States suffered the largest decline among the competing countries in January-August period of 2024...
The government of India has removed the minimum export condition on onion exports with immediate effect, as per a notification issued on Friday...
