The export earnings in July, the first month of the 2025-26 financial year, witnessed a 24.9 per cent robust growth to $4.77 billion, mainly driven by readymade garments.
According to the latest data published on Monday by the Export Promotion Bureau, the export earnings were 3.82 billion in the mentioned period of FY25.
Exporters reported that July 2025 earnings increased compared to July 2024, when the country faced a turbulent situation, including an internet blackout and disruptions in production and shipments due to a mass uprising.
Moreover, to meet the July 31 deadline and avoid increased tariffs by the Trump administration, the exports were dispatched in a rush.
For these reasons, the export earnings experienced聽robust growth, they added.
In July of FY26, the RMG sector, the country鈥檚 highest export revenue earners, generated $3.96 billion, representing a significant 24.67 per cent growth from $3.18 billion in July of FY25, according to EPB data.
Among apparel products, knitwear registered a growth of 26.01 per cent to $2.18 billion in July, while woven garments saw an increase of 23.08 per cent to $1.78 billion.
Among the other notable sectors, home textiles posted a positive growth of 13.24 per cent to $68.08 million in July of FY26, up from $60.12 million in the same period of the past financial year.
The EPB data also stated that in July of FY26, the agricultural sector earned $90.5 million, a 12.86 per cent increase from $80.19 million in FY25.
Export earnings from leather and leather goods increased by 29.65 per cent to $127.38 million, which was $98.25 million in the same period of the previous financial year.
Engineering products鈥� exports grew 74.45 per cent to $58.23 million, up from $33.38 million in July of FY25.
Export earnings from jute and jute goods experienced a positive growth of 4.92 per cent to $55.44 million in July of FY26, which was $52.44 million in July of FY25, the EPB data stated.
Talking to 抖阴精品, Inamul Haque Khan, senior vice president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said that the United States imposed a 35 per cent tariff on Bangladesh on July 8 (which was reduced to 20 per cent on August 1).
鈥楬owever, there was a clause that if the exporters could ship their products to the inland container depot by July 31, they would have charged old tariff rate. For this reason, the exporters rushed to dispatch the products as early as possible,鈥� he added.
He also stated that due to the July Uprising, export and production activities were significantly disrupted last year, which also impacted earnings.
Echoing the same,聽Fazlee Shamim Ehsan, executive president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said that聽this July鈥檚 performance stood in sharp contrast to that of last year.
鈥業n July last year, export activities were severely disrupted due to the political unrest. The government had shut down internet services, port operations were hampered, and factories remained closed for an average of 10 to 15 days,鈥� he added.
He also said that those disruptions significantly reduced export volumes at the time. As a result, the year-on-year comparison now reflects a robust growth in exports for July 2025.
Moreover, the recent tariff issue in the US also played a role in meeting the July 31 shipping deadline at the inland container depots; exporters rushed to ship their products.
Exporters also said that after the announcement of the new 20 per cent tariff on Bangladeshi exporting goods by Donald Trump, almost all held orders started to clear.
鈥楾hough during July-September, the orders and shipment witness a sluggish trend. But due to changed atmosphere, the exports are now vibrant than usual July-September,鈥� said Inamul Haque Khan.
He also expected that the country鈥檚 exports in August might witness a robust growth.聽
Echoing the abovementioned causes, Mohiuddin Rubel, former director of BGMEA, said that extended Eid vacation on June and energy issues created outstanding shipments, which were cleared in July.
Bangladesh exported goods worth $48.28 billion in FY25, an 8.55 per cent increase from $44.47 billion in FY24, according to the EPB data.