<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reached $52.02 billion through exports in fiscal year 2021-22, registering a 34.38% year-on-year growth, in accordance with the recent data by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This marked the first time in the history that export earnings crossed the milestone of $50 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>The country previously roped in $38.75 billion from export earnings in FY21.</div><div><br></div><div>Manufacturers and experts expressed their joy on this achievement of the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Apparel sector, the highest earners of the export receipts, earned $42.6 billion in the FY22, fetching a y-o-y growth of 35.47%, which was $31.45 billion in the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>Home textile, a new player in the export basket, earned $1.62 billion in the FY22 registering a growth of 43.28% from $1.13 billion in FY21.</div><div><br></div><div>Among other notable sectors, during the same period, agricultural products registered a growth of 13.04% to $1.16 billion, from $1.02 billion in the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>Leather and leather goods registered a growth of 32.23% to $1.24 billion, which was $941.67 million in the same period of the last FY.</div><div><br></div><div>Engineering products, another promising export sector of the country, marked a growth of 50.4% to $795.63 million from $529 million last year.</div><div><br></div><div>However, jute and jute products registered a fall of 2.91% to $1.12 billion, which was $1.16 billion in the same period of the last FY.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>