Export earnings surge by 25% in July

Bangladesh’s export sector posted a strong start to the new fiscal year 2025-26, with earnings soaring by nearly 25% year-on-year in July, according to the latest data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

The country earned $4.77 billion in export revenue during July 2025, up 24.90% from $3.82 billion in the same month of the previous fiscal year.

The ready-made garment (RMG) sector remained the backbone of export performance, accounting for $3.96 billion of the total—registering 24.67% growth.

Within the RMG segment, knitwear exports rose by 26.01 per cent to $2.17 billion, while woven garments grew by 23.08 per cent to $1.78 billion.

Home textiles marked a 13.24 per cent growth to $68.08 million in the first month of the current fiscal year of 2025-26.

Meanwhile, earnings from jute and jute goods exports recorded a 4.92 per cent growth to fetch $55.44 million in the last month.

Earnings from leather and leather products registered 29.65 per cent year-on-year growth, earning $127.38 billion in FY’26.

Agricultural products earned $90.50 million, showing 12.86 per cent growth.

Frozen and live fish exports recorded a 42.71 per cent growth to earn $41.20 million in July’25, led by shrimp shipments that increased by 47.38 per cent to $31.23 million.

Engineering products recorded 74.45 per cent growth and earned $58.23 million.

Plastics exports came to $21.16 million in July last with a 7.41 per cent growth.