Bangladesh’s export earnings in the first 10 months (July–April)  of the current financial year 2024-25 reached $40.20 billion, marking a 9.83 per cent year-on-year increase compared to $36.61 billion in the same period FY24, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released on Monday.

In April 2025 alone, the country earned $3.02 billion from exports, a meagre 0.86 per cent increase from $2.99 billion recorded in April 2024.

Readymade garment (RMG) sector, Bangladesh’s largest export earner, continued to dominate. Between July and April, RMG exports totalled $32.64 billion, up 10 per cent from $ 29.67 billion during the same period of last fiscal.

Within the RMG segment, knitwear exports rose by 10.74 per cent to $17.46 billion, while woven garments grew by 9.17 per cent to $15.18 billion.

Despite the overall positive trend, woven garment exports in April 2025 showed a decline of 4.65 per cent year-on-year, amounting to $1.08 billion compared to $ 1.14 billion in April 2024.

In contrast, knitwear exports for the month rose by 5.08 per cent to $ 1.31 billion.

Home textiles posted modest growth of 4.25 per cent to $740.49 million over the ten-month period but saw a 2.69 per cent decline in April exports.

The leather and leather products sector registered a robust 10.08 per cent year-on-year growth, earning $932.53 million during the July–April period of FY25.

Particularly, leather footwear exports surged by 26.08 per cent to $545.35 million. However, raw leather exports fell by 8.24 per cent to $107.61 million, and leather product exports (excluding footwear) dipped by 5.97 per cent to $279.57 million.

Agricultural products earned $858.95 million, showing 4.19 per cent growth in the 10 months of FY25, but in April alone, exports fell sharply by 18.92 per cent compared to April 2024.

Exports of jute and jute goods continued to struggle, falling by 6.89 per cent over the ten-month period to $684.51 million. However, monthly figures showed a slight improvement, with April exports rising 2.55 per cent year-on-year.

Frozen and live fish exports saw healthy growth of 14.7 per cent to $372.69 million, led by shrimp exports, which rose 16 per cent to $249.03 million.

Specialised textile exports increased by 17.35 per cent to $326.5 million. Engineering product exports also grew by 12.45 per cent, earning $447.38 million.

Plastic product exports rose by 19.69 per cent to $246.27 million in the first 10 months of FY25.