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Exports grow 8pc in Oct

Star Business Report
Exports rose 8 percent in October on a year earlier, boosted by strong growth in the knitwear sector, but the recovery was not enough to make up for earlier weakness, with total exports for the first 4 months of the fiscal year down 2.6 percent.
Of most concern is the woven sector that has now fallen behind knitwear as the country's single mostvaluable export item.
Woven exports were up just 1 per cent in October on a year earlier, and were down 9 per cent since the end of June. Exporters said the sector is struggling due to the migration of major buyers from Bangladesh to other countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, China and India.
In contrast the knit sector has been able to recover from a weak
July, helped by duty free facilities and innovative product design, exporters said.
According to the latest data, released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the export growth of knitwear items was 10 percent in Octoberwiththedecline since theend ofjune down to less than 1 percent
Annisul Huq, former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said besides the political instability and labour unrest, migration of buyers to other countries, weakness in fashion and design and fall in business by major global retailers are responsible for the decline in woven exports.
“The total export earning from the RMG products will not cross last year's amount. In the last year the total export earning from RMG products was more than
US$9billion," Huq said.
According to the EPB figures. Bangladesh exported products worth $4.02 billion in the four months to the end of October, 16.22 percent below the government export target for the period.
Export of frozen food declined 9.72 percent in July-October period compared with that of corresponding period of the last year, the EPB data said.
During the July-October period of 2007, pharmaceuticals sector showed a robust growth at 38.80 percent compared with that of the corresponding period of the last year.
The EPB said exports of agriproducts, jute goods, home textile, rawhides, petroleum by-products, terry towel, footwear, raw jute, tea and ceramics marked a rise.