Bangladesh’s Trade Deficit Rose to $30.81 Billion in 11 Months

Desk Report

Published: 05 Jul 2022, 12:10 am

Representational Image || Photo: Collected

Representational Image || Photo: Collected

Bangladesh’s trade deficit has widened to USD $ 30.81 billion in 11 months of the current fiscal year (FY) due to the hefty rise of import demand in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday released this data ‘the current account balance’ after clearing foreign transactions. In the last FY 21, the trade deficit was $2.28 billion.

Bangladesh's export has increased by 32.98 per cent in the July-May of the current financial year, while the import rose to 39.03 per cent, BB data showed.

Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of BB told the media that the situation created as imports are increasing but exports and remittances are decreasing.

“If we want to reduce the deficit, we have to increase exports and remittances. Besides, luxury and unnecessary imports have to be reduced,” he added.

He also urged to increase vigilance on imported goods and containers that the goods against import LCs are really entering in the country.

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