According to a report from the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), exports totalled $2.995 billion for the six months to December 2001 - 16.45% below the stated target of $3.585 billion. Leather exports fell by 13.34% in the six-month period to $100.42 million compared with the same period in 2000, and were more than 30% below the target of $144 million.

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