Trade gap

Trade gap

A view of Chattogram Port. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Trade gap widens to $3b amid surging imports, declining exports

Data show the trade gap stood at $16.91 billion in FY26 July-February, compared with $13.71 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

Illustration: Duniya Jahan/TBS

Remittance inflows lift current account to surplus despite trade gap

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on 29 May. Photo: Nikkei Asia

Bangladesh ready to buy more US cotton, oil to reduce trade gap: Yunus

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. File Photo

Govt to put emphasis on minimising trade gap with US: Salehuddin

Participants at the discussion, titled “BAYLA Roadmap 2030: Resetting the Competitive Edge; Rethinking Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry”, organised by the Bangladesh Apparel Youth Leaders Association (BAYLA) at a hotel in the capital on 12 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Importers seek incentive on US cotton to bridge trade gap

Bangladesh garment leaders seek more investment from China, want to narrow trade gap

Bangladesh garment leaders seek more investment from China, want to narrow trade gap

Current account deficit soars as trade gap widens

Current account deficit soars as trade gap widens