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Bangladesh exports rise, but leather exports miss target

08/08/2005

Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has said the country's overall exports grew 14% to nearly $8.7 billion in the last fiscal year 2004-05 (July-June), mainly due to an increase in volume coupled with a marginal rise in the value of products. The overall export earnings were $1,052 million higher than that of the previous fiscal year. The export target for the past year was fixed at US$ 8,566 million while the country gained more than one per cent surplus against the target.

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