Bangladesh in the recent past earned the highest US dollar 30,186.62 million, a record-breaking income from exports, during the 2013-14 fiscal year, reports BSS. The annual export income was US dollar 16,204.65 million in 2009-2010 fiscal year, which increased to US dollar 22,928.22 million in 2010-2011, US dollar 24,301.90 million in 2011-12 and US dollar 27,027.36 million in 2012-13. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the disclosure in parliament Wednesday while replying to a question from treasury bench member Habibur Rahman Mollah. “The country usually exports 729 items form various sectors,” he said.During the current fiscal year till May 2015, he said the country earned US dollar 28,144.38 million by exporting various items side by side with diversifying the export market in the greater interest of the economy, he said on another query from Jatiya Party bench member Mohammad Ilyas of Cox’s Bazar. “The Ministry of Commerce has already undertaken many steps for increasing the exports of non-traditional items to further raise the annual export income,” Mr Ahmed said.
