BGMEA | Export Performance

Comparative Statement on Export of RMG & Total Export of Bangladesh

Value in Million USD (Fiscal Year Basis)

Year	Export of RMG	Total Export of Bangladesh	% of RMG’s to Total Export
1983-84	31.57	811.00	3.89
1984-85	116.2	934.43	12.44
1985-86	131.48	819.21	16.05
1986-87	298.67	1076.61	27.74
1987-88	433.92	1231.2	35.24
1988-89	471.09	1291.56	36.47
1989-90	624.16	1923.70	32.45
1990-91	866.82	1717.55	50.47
1991-92	1182.57	1993.90	59.31
1992-93	1445.02	2382.89	60.64
1993-94	1555.79	2533.90	61.40
1994-95	2228.35	3472.56	64.17
1995-96	2547.13	3882.42	65.61
1996-97	3001.25	4418.28	67.93
1997-98	3781.94	5161.20	73.28
1998-99	4019.98	5312.86	75.67
1999-00	4349.41	5752.20	75.61
2000-01	4859.83	6467.30	75.14
2001-02	4583.75	5986.09	76.57
2002-03	4912.09	6548.44	75.01
2003-04	5686.09	7602.99	74.79
2004-05	6417.67	8654.52	74.15
2005-06	7900.80	10526.16	75.06
2006-07	9211.23	12177.86	75.64
2007-08	10699.80	14110.80	75.83
2008-09	12347.77	15565.19	79.33
2009-10	12496.72	16204.65	77.12
2010-11	17914.46	22924.38	78.15
2011-12	19089.73	24301.90	78.55
2012-13	21515.73	27027.36	79.61
2013-14	24491.88	30186.62	81.13
2014-15	25491.40	31208.94	81.68
2015-16	28094.16	34257.18	82.01
2016-17	28149.84	34655.90	81.23
2017-18	30614.76	36668.17	83.49
2018-19	34133.27	40535.04	84.21
2019-20	27949.19	33674.09	83.00
2020-21	31456.73	38758.31	81.16
2021-22	42613.15	52082.66	81.82
2022-23 ®	38142.10	46430.71	82.15
2023-24 ®	36151.31	44469.74	81.29
2024-25	39346.97	48283.93	81.49
2025-26	38701.15	48001.91	80.62

Bangladesh's Apparel Export to World

Value in Million USD (Fiscal Year Basis)

Year	Woven	Knit	Total RMG
1992-1993	1240.48	204.54	1445.02
1993-1994	1291.65	264.14	1555.79
1994-1995	1835.09	393.26	2228.35
1995-1996	1948.81	598.32	2547.13
1996-1997	2237.95	763.30	3001.25
1997-1998	2844.43	937.51	3781.94
1998-1999	2984.96	1035.02	4019.98
1999-2000	3081.19	1268.22	4349.41
2000-2001	3364.32	1495.51	4859.83
2001-2002	3124.82	1458.93	4583.75
2002-2003	3258.27	1653.82	4912.09
2003-2004	3538.07	2148.02	5686.09
2004-2005	3598.20	2819.47	6417.67
2005-2006	4083.82	3816.98	7900.80
2006-2007	4657.63	4553.60	9211.23
2007-2008	5167.28	5532.52	10699.80
2008-2009	5918.51	6429.26	12347.77
2009-2010	6013.43	6483.29	12496.72
2010-2011	8432.40	9482.06	17914.46
2011-2012	9603.34	9486.39	19089.73
2012-2013	11039.85	10475.88	21515.73
2013-2014	12442.07	12049.81	24491.88
2014-2015	13064.61	12426.79	25491.40
2015-2016	14738.74	13355.42	28094.16
2016-2017	14392.59	13757.25	28149.84
2017-2018	15426.25	15188.51	30614.76
2018-2019	17244.73	16888.54	34133.27
2019-2020	14041.19	13908.00	27949.19
2020-2021	14496.70	16960.03	31456.73
2021-2022	19398.84	23214.32	42613.16
2022-2023 ®	17817.93	20324.16	38142.09
2023-2024 ®	16869.16	19282.15	36151.31
2024-2025	18187.89	21159.08	39346.97
2025-2026	18077.32	20623.83	38701.15

Bangladesh's Apparel Export to World

Value in Million USD (Calendar Year Basis)

Year	Woven	Knit	Total RMG
1994	1544.89	341.53	1886.42
1995	1976.40	512.18	2488.58
1996	1942.37	686.27	2628.64
1997	2621.33	810.49	3431.82
1998	2871.06	976.29	3847.35
1999	2987.73	1169.90	4157.63
2000	3376.49	1448.22	4824.71
2001	3162.28	1432.72	4595.00
2002	3076.28	1573.40	4649.68
2003	3398.84	1850.36	5249.20
2004	3686.78	2532.62	6219.40
2005	3689.60	3210.48	6900.08
2006	4544.83	4388.67	8933.50
2007	4608.40	4741.93	9350.33
2008	5655.50	6223.42	11878.92
2009	5695.88	6194.61	11890.49
2010	7067.34	7787.26	14854.60
2011	9252.80	9961.67	19214.47
2012	10117.43	9670.71	19788.14
2013	12052.30	11448.68	23500.98
2014	12421.26	12162.70	24583.96
2015	13805.44	12797.26	26602.70
2016	14931.33	13736.95	28668.29
2017	14673.99	14538.94	29212.93
2018	16681.04	16245.84	32926.88
2019	16630.64	16441.74	33072.38
2020	13242.36	14228.37	27470.73
2021	16216.38	19595.49	35811.87
2022	20996.78	24712.37	45709.15
2023 ®	16771.01	19115.60	35886.61
2024 ®	17952.37	20529.71	38482.08
2025	18014.93	20809.78	38824.71

Main Apparel Items Exported From Bangladesh

Value in Million USD (Fiscal Year Basis)

Year	Trousers	T-Shirts & Knitted shirts	Sweaters	Shirts & Blouses	Underwear
2015-16	10167.31	6892.80	3182.47	3076.36	1172.74
2016-17	9943.09	6650.51	3361.53	2918.97	1328.50
2017-18	10833.83	7153.84	3674.70	2927.34	1410.70
2018-19	11754.86	7902.27	4255.91	3190.23	1640.36
2019-20	9362.64	6273.77	3597.68	2449.65	1358.72
2020-21	10681.52	7239.74	4051.83	2048.40	1789.70
2021-22	14507.50	9857.54	5640.45	2765.91	2343.56
2022-23 ®	12412.33	8730.67	4939.16	3185.49	2012.09
2023-24 ®	11926.81	7734.13	4823.22	2932.87	2048.45
2024-25	12982.48	8547.52	5122.16	3044.12	2179.53
2025-26	12833.18	8143.24	5160.53	2833.03	2076.68

Bangladesh's Apparel Export to World

(FY2023-24, FY2024-25 & FY2025-26)

Export Value in Million USD

	Woven			Knit			Total			Growth 2025-26
EU Countries	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Austria	12.39	21.07	25.54	30.58	45.60	47.73	42.97	66.67	73.27	9.90%
Belgium	176.45	214.54	222.16	342.34	334.82	303.96	518.79	549.36	526.12	-4.23%
Bulgaria	0.47	1.15	1.62	1.10	0.55	1.07	1.57	1.70	2.69	58.20%
Denmark	362.62	365.53	341.94	616.97	679.08	598.42	979.59	1044.61	940.35	-9.98%
Finland	8.44	9.04	9.91	21.11	24.10	22.94	29.55	33.14	32.85	-0.89%
France	802.90	834.87	791.72	1224.29	1321.89	1176.63	2027.19	2156.76	1968.35	-8.74%
Germany	1761.08	1886.56	1704.82	2761.50	3064.34	2676.55	4522.58	4950.90	4381.37	-11.50%
Greece	14.67	14.81	14.40	34.26	42.14	39.82	48.94	56.95	54.22	-4.79%
Italy	561.81	580.19	536.22	900.79	959.66	883.78	1462.60	1539.85	1420.01	-7.78%
Ireland	91.24	90.16	80.64	156.84	163.60	147.44	248.08	253.76	228.08	-10.12%
Netherlands	797.09	869.11	942.73	926.06	1219.48	1227.54	1723.15	2088.59	2170.27	3.91%
Portugal	36.38	36.09	39.39	66.16	70.21	65.27	102.53	106.30	104.66	-1.54%
Romania	38.67	72.50	45.22	93.46	155.84	137.00	132.13	228.34	182.22	-20.20%
Spain	1518.68	1449.63	1560.61	1855.99	1948.40	2041.17	3374.68	3398.03	3601.78	6.00%
Sweden	245.28	294.38	293.74	417.75	477.46	478.51	663.03	771.83	772.25	0.05%
Cyprus	0.30	0.69	0.30	2.27	2.14	2.93	2.57	2.83	3.22	13.82%
Czech Republic	125.16	146.26	144.73	141.13	177.56	169.45	266.29	323.82	314.18	-2.98%
Estonia	0.05	0.06	0.33	0.77	0.63	0.55	0.82	0.70	0.88	25.62%
Hungary	43.70	41.07	36.77	132.25	131.64	148.54	175.95	172.71	185.31	7.30%
Latvia	0.17	0.17	0.69	1.67	1.10	2.07	1.83	1.27	2.76	117.3%
Lithuania	0.09	0.17	0.34	0.04	0.08	0.06	0.13	0.25	0.40	61.06%
Malta	0.32	0.52	0.54	0.12	0.93	0.47	0.44	1.44	1.00	-30.60%
Poland	579.19	671.40	720.78	969.37	1028.49	1145.67	1548.56	1699.90	1866.45	9.80%
Slovakia	21.19	23.48	19.27	47.90	60.55	52.65	69.08	84.02	71.92	-14.41%
Slovenia	17.65	28.13	34.78	45.36	84.40	106.89	63.00	112.53	141.67	25.90%
Croatia	22.82	26.75	2.71	33.44	34.97	7.69	56.26	61.72	10.40	-83.16%
Luxembourg	2.27	1.06	0.62	3.29	3.00	2.74	5.56	4.06	3.36	-17.23%
Sub-Total (EU)	7241.05	7679.36	7572.51	10826.8	12032.7	11487.5	18067.9	19712.0	19060.0	-3.31%
*EU % of World*	42.92	42.22	41.89	56.15	56.87	55.70	49.98	50.10	49.25
*Growth%*	-0.45	6.05	-1.39	-7.79	11.14	-4.53	-4.98	9.10	-3.31
USA	4374.08	4949.38	5039.30	2257.01	2596.43	2705.30	6631.09	7545.81	7744.61	2.63%
*% of USA*	25.93	27.21	27.88	11.71	12.27	13.12	18.34	19.18	20.01
*Growth%*	-14.73	13.15	1.82	1.14	15.04	4.19	-9.92	13.79	2.63
U.K.	1687.36	1691.27	1688.75	2507.23	2657.77	2699.80	4194.59	4349.04	4388.55	0.91%
*% of UK*	10.00	9.30	9.34	13.00	12.56	13.09	11.60	11.05	11.34
*Growth%*	-0.21	0.23	-0.15	1.77	6.00	1.58	0.96	3.68	0.91
Canada	633.27	682.44	674.23	528.71	619.80	669.66	1161.98	1302.24	1343.90	3.20%
*% of Canada*	3.75	3.75	3.73	2.74	2.93	3.25	3.21	3.31	3.47
*Growth%*	-12.73	7.76	-1.20	-7.14	17.23	8.04	-10.28	12.07	3.20
Non-Traditional Markets:
Japan	510.91	584.30	573.28	575.34	601.17	561.44	1086.25	1185.47	1134.72	-4.28%
Australia	319.57	333.94	307.55	481.23	479.68	431.68	800.80	813.62	739.23	-9.14%
Russia	136.34	124.21	100.70	227.34	202.07	128.08	363.69	326.28	228.78	-29.88%
India	365.30	428.48	346.36	183.52	215.77	224.41	548.83	644.24	570.77	-11.40%
Korea Rep.	217.88	201.39	199.95	221.53	210.17	167.13	439.41	411.56	367.08	-10.81%
China	129.73	153.85	195.20	87.48	70.89	68.01	217.21	224.74	263.21	17.12%
UAE	120.70	115.05	142.67	139.72	116.84	126.86	260.43	231.89	269.53	16.23%
Mexico	157.98	181.15	164.27	125.30	151.43	134.08	283.28	332.57	298.34	-10.29%
Malaysia	81.12	72.80	103.71	132.30	116.69	114.88	213.42	189.49	218.59	15.35%
Saudi Arabia	61.62	60.38	77.64	91.89	101.16	114.55	153.50	161.54	192.19	18.97%
Turkey	174.82	213.82	190.75	183.31	236.06	210.12	358.13	449.89	400.87	-10.90%
South Africa	49.67	57.22	58.32	55.91	53.96	60.47	105.58	111.18	118.79	6.84%
New Zealand	30.14	30.80	25.31	68.46	62.79	60.56	98.61	93.59	85.88	-8.24%
Chile	63.49	79.43	73.84	74.58	78.13	76.05	138.06	157.55	149.89	-4.86%
Brazil	71.93	86.72	90.89	67.11	81.16	107.03	139.03	167.88	197.92	17.89%
Other Countries	442.19	461.91	452.06	447.37	474.41	476.21	889.56	936.31	928.27	-0.86%
Sub-Total (Non-Trad.)	2933.40	3185.45	3102.52	3162.39	3252.38	3061.54	6095.78	6437.84	6164.07	-4.25%
*% of Non-Traditional*	17.39	17.51	17.16	16.40	15.37	14.84	16.86	16.36	15.93
*% Growth*	-2.14	8.59	-2.60	-4.68	2.85	-5.87	-3.48	5.61	-4.25
*GRAND TOTAL*	16869.2	18187.9	18077.3	19282.2	21159.1	20623.8	36151.3	39347.0	38701.2	-1.64%
*% Growth*	-5.32	7.82	-0.61	-5.13	9.73	-2.53	-5.22	8.84	-1.64

Bangladesh's RMG Exports to World (Monthly)

FY 2024-25 & 2025-26 (Value in Million USD) ®

Month	ALL COUNTRIES
	Woven		Growth Rate	Knit		Growth Rate	Total (Woven+Knit)		Growth Rate
	Year			Year			Year
	2024/25	2025/26		2024/25	2025/26		2024/25	2025/26
July	1449.45	1783.96	23.08	1729.02	2178.69	26.01	3178.47	3962.65	24.67
August	1434.87	1396.85	-2.65	1891.10	1771.17	-6.34	3325.97	3168.02	-4.75
September	1280.60	1209.61	-5.54	1729.50	1630.14	-5.75	3010.10	2839.75	-5.66
October	1438.79	1362.14	-5.33	1857.67	1657.80	-10.76	3296.46	3019.94	-8.39
November	1567.92	1522.46	-2.90	1738.27	1618.48	-6.89	3306.19	3140.94	-5.00
December	1878.70	1602.35	-14.71	1891.81	1631.79	-13.74	3770.51	3234.14	-14.23
January	1814.04	1,812.84	-0.07	1850.28	1801.92	-2.61	3664.32	3614.76	-1.35
February	1591.63	1418.74	-10.86	1652.77	1397.18	-15.46	3244.40	2815.92	-13.21
March	1643.62	1358.99	-17.32	1806.30	1423.29	-21.20	3449.92	2782.28	-19.35
April	1083.35	1437.03	32.65	1310.44	1703.87	30.02	2393.79	3140.90	31.21
May	1757.13	1624.82	-7.53	2161.93	1969.32	-8.91	3919.06	3594.14	-8.29
June	1247.79	1547.53	24.02	1539.99	1840.18	19.49	2787.78	3387.71	21.52
Total	18187.89	18077.32	-0.61	21159.08	20623.83	-2.53	39346.97	38701.15	-1.64

Bangladesh's RMG Exports to World (Monthly)

FY 2023-24 & 2024-25 (Value in Million USD) ®

Month	ALL COUNTRIES
	Woven		Growth Rate	Knit		Growth Rate	Total (Woven+Knit)		Growth Rate
	Year			Year			Year
	2023/24	2024/25		2023/24	2024/25		2023/24	2024/25
July	1394.69	1449.45	3.93	1694.41	1729.02	2.04	3089.10	3178.47	2.89
August	1391.54	1434.87	3.11	1710.90	1891.10	10.53	3102.44	3325.97	7.20
September	1092.44	1280.60	17.22	1534.01	1729.50	12.74	2626.45	3010.10	14.61
October	1193.59	1438.79	20.54	1490.90	1857.67	24.60	2684.49	3296.46	22.80
November	1303.55	1567.92	20.28	1540.49	1738.27	12.84	2844.04	3306.19	16.25
December	1591.31	1,878.70	18.06	1619.10	1,891.81	16.84	3210.41	3770.51	17.45
January	1735.60	1814.04	4.52	1735.40	1850.28	6.62	3471.00	3664.32	5.57
February	1598.68	1,591.63	-0.44	1592.72	1,652.77	3.77	3191.40	3244.40	1.66
March	1469.87	1,643.62	11.82	1599.53	1,806.30	12.93	3069.40	3449.92	12.40
April	1136.19	1,083.35	-4.65	1247.06	1,310.44	5.08	2383.25	2393.79	0.44
May	1591.07	1,757.13	10.44	1912.78	2,161.93	13.03	3503.85	3919.06	11.85
June	1370.63	1247.79	-8.96	1604.85	1539.99	-4.04	2975.48	2787.78	-6.31
Total	16869.16	18187.89	7.82	19282.15	21159.08	9.73	36151.31	39346.97	8.84

Data Source Export Promotion Bureau Compiled by BGMEA