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Bangladesh garment exports down, March sees steeper drop

Woven garment exports witnessed limited decline compared to knitted garment exports. Knitwear exports (Chapter **) declined by *.** per cent to $**.*** billion, compared with $**.*** billion in the same period of fiscal ****-**. Woven apparel exports (Chapter **) eased *.** per cent to $**.*** billion, down from $**.*** billion during July-March ****, EPB data showed.

Home textile exports (Chapter **, excluding ******) showed a marginal decline, decreasing by *.** per cent to $***.** million from $***.** million in the same period of the previous fiscal. Taken together, exports of woven and knitted apparel, clothing accessories, and home textiles accounted for **.** per cent of Bangladesh’s total exports, which stood at $**.*** billion during this period.