The country鈥檚 export earnings witnessed a 10.61 per cent growth to $8.69 billion, driven mainly by readymade garments, in July and August, the first two months of the 2025-26 financial year.
According to the latest data published on Tuesday by the Export Promotion Bureau, the export earnings were $7.85 billion in the mentioned period of FY25.
However, the export earnings in the single month of August witnessed a slight decline of 2.93 per cent to $3.91 billion, lower than that of $4.03 billion in August 2024, said the EPB data.
The EPB stated that while export performance in the opening months of the fiscal year indicated resilience, the slowdown in August underlined the challenges facing Bangladesh鈥檚 export sector in the context of global demand fluctuations and evolving market dynamics.
Echoing a similar sentiment, exporters said that there was a shortage of orders, especially from Europe, in August, which impacted the export earnings.
In July-August, the RMG sector, the country鈥檚 highest export revenue earner, generated $7.13 billion, representing a 9.63 per cent growth from $6.50 billion in July-August period of FY25, according to the EPB data.
Among apparel products, knitwear registered a growth of 9.11 per cent to $3.95 billion, while woven garments saw an increase of 10.28 per cent to $3.18 billion.
Among the other notable sectors, home textiles experienced a growth of 12.68 per cent to $139.02 million in July-August of FY26, up from $123.38 million in the same period of FY25. The agricultural sector posted a growth of 3.96 per cent to $174.67 million, up from $168.01 million in July-August of the past financial year.
In the first two months of FY26, export earnings from leather and leather goods increased by 13.68 per cent to $228.76 million, which was $201.23 million in the same period of the previous financial year.
Engineering products witnessed a positive growth of 69.51 per cent to $104.68 million, which was $69.51 million in July-August of FY25.
Export earnings from jute and jute goods experienced a positive growth of 6.96 per cent to $118.56 million in July-August of FY26, which were $110.85 million in the mentioned period of FY25, the EPB data stated.
Talking to 抖阴精品, Fazlee Shamim Ehsan, executive president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said that scenario of the global economy was sluggish, which impacted the August export.
鈥楢 number of factories got fewer orders than usual. Moreover, August is also a lean period for the RMG products, especially for the knitwear,鈥� he added.
He said that they were hopeful that the exports would turn around聽in the coming months.
Bangladesh exported goods worth $48.28 billion in FY25, an 8.55-per cent increase from that of $44.47 billion in FY24, according to the EPB data.