
The decline in the export earning was attributed to poor performances of the key woven garment, jute and jute-made goods.
The figure is also 7.58 percent lower than the strategic target of $10,444.72 million, according to the latest figures released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
The export earning target for the current fiscal (FY15) was set at $33,200 million. Total exports during the last fiscal (FY14) reached $30,186.62 million.
The single month export earnings in October were also in the negative trend totaling $1957.55 million with a 7.63 percent fall as well as 19.78 percent short of the target.
According to the EPB statistics, knitwear fetched the bulk of the earnings during the July-October period with $4058.42 million, representing a mere 0.90 percent growth over the same period (July-October) last year while woven garments earned $3694.24
million, a fall by 4.40 percent.
Export of home textiles totaled $235.69 million with a fall of 1.14 percent; leather footwear exports earned $ 169.47 million; primary commodities $474.20 million; frozen foods including frozen fish, shrimps and others $243.72 million; and agricultural products $230.48 million.
The export trend for leather products and plastic products except leather maintained their upward trend during the period.
Leather exports totaled $143.37 million while leather products $70.79 million; cotton and cotton products together earned $37.44 million; plastic and melamine products $ 36.41 million; while rubber exports came in the positive trend to total only $5.13 million.
During the four-month period, export of glass and glassware notched a staggering 1775 percent growth with $0.75 million, followed by tea notching a 48.61 percent growth with $1.07 million, cosmetics with
364.71 percent growth ($ 0.79 million).
Exports of jute and jute goods in July-October totaled $260.70 million, registering a 2.39 percent fall. Raw jute exports fetched $31.93 million with 12.28 percent decline; jute yarn and twine $169.37 million; jute sacks and bags $ 39.65 million; and other items brought in some $ 19.75 million.
Engineering products including iron and steel, bicycle and electronic products fetched almost $138.38 million.
Export of man-made filaments and staple fibers totaled $29.65 million while other manufactured products earned $43.30 million.
Export growth of ships, boats and floating structures notched a staggering 5600 percent growth in this four-month period bagging $3.42 million.
Export of handicrafts totaled $2.61 million; paper and paper products $12.23 million; furniture $9.21 million; chemical products $35.51 million; pharmaceuticals $24.05 million; and ores, slag and ash $3.45 million.
Specialised textiles including terry towel, special woven fabric and knitted fabrics marked a negative growth of 23.76 percent earning $30.84 million in July-October while export of petroleum byproducts showed negative trend fetching $ 22.04 million.
UNB/ZA