Export earnings of some products also grew despite missing the respective targets over the period. Exports of jute goods grew 2 per cent to $54 million, footwear 30 per cent to $18 million, raw jute 74 per cent to $36 million, and bi-cycle 12 per cent to $23 million.
Tea, a traditional export item, and home textile not only missed the export targets but also declined by about 4 per cent and 38 per cent respectively. Tea fetched $7 million and home textile about $82 million.
Export of primary products amounted to $145 million, with an increase of 16 per cent on year-to-year basis. The manufactured products saw 32 per cent growth to $2,093 million.
Price index of primary and manufactured products increased 5.92 per cent and 1.66 per cent respectively while the volume of exports increased 10.32 per cent and 30.76 per cent.
The export-earning target for the current fiscal year has been set at $12.5 billion.
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