Bangladesh earned Tk 72.94 billion (7,294.40 crore) by exporting 1.96 million (19.62 lakh) bales of jute and jute goods in the last fiscal (2015-16), Tk 8.75 billion (875.50 crore) up from the previous fiscal, Textiles and Jute Minister Muhammad Imajuddin Pramanik said on Monday, reports BSS. “The country produced 8.24 million (82.46 lakh) bales of jute in the last fiscal, while the quantity of jute and jute goods exported during the period was 1.96 million (19.62 lakh) bales,” he said in reply to a scripted query from treasury bench member Nizam Uddin Hazari (Feni-2).
The minister informed the House that the country fetched Tk 10.54 billion (1054.40 crore) in the last fiscal by exporting 1.13 million (11.37 lakh) bales of jute, while Tk 62.40 billion (6240 crore) were earned by exporting 0.82 million (8.25 lakh) bales of jute goods during the period. Imajuddin also said Tk 64.18 billion (6418.90 crore) were earned in the 2014-15 fiscal by exporting 1.81 million (18.19 lakh) bales of jute and jute products. Of the amount, he said, Tk 8.16 billion (816.74 crore) were fetched by exporting 1.0 million (10.01 lakh) bales of jute, while the export earning from jute goods was Tk 56.02 billion (5602.16 crore).
Responding to another written question raised by Awami League lawmaker Advocate Rahmat Ali (Gazipur-3), the minister said Bangladesh exports jute to 13 countries. “The countries are India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Russia, the UK, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Djibouti, the Philippines, Brazil, El Salvador and the USA,” he said. Besides, he said, jute goods are now being exported to 118 countries of the world.
