Published 08 May,2021 via The Financial Express - Bangladesh's export basket is getting a big boost as the shipment of dry food items has made a massive headway with six-and-a-half time jump in a decade.
Local dry food producers had made a shipment of US$243.47 million worth of goods during July-April period of the current fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, posting a 49 per cent growth compared to the same period last fiscal, government data showed.
A decade ago in FY2012, the volume of shipment of the dry food was very nominal to $37.19 million, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data showed.
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