Bangladesh |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
rice, jute, tea, wheat,
sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit;
beef, milk, poultry |
| Exports |
$6.2 billion
(2002) |
| Exports
- commodities |
garments,
jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood (2001)
|
| Exports
- partners |
US 27.6%,
Germany 10.4%, UK 9.8%, France 5.7%, Italy 4% (2002) |
| Imports |
$8.5 billion
(2002) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery
and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs,
petroleum products, cement (2000) |
| Imports
- partners |
India 14.6%,
China 11.6%, Singapore 11.5%, Japan 7.6%, Hong Kong 5.4%,
South Korea 4.3% (2002) |
| Currency |
taka (BDT)
|
| Exchange
rates |
taka per
US dollar - 57.89 (2002), 55.81 (2001), 52.14 (2000), 49.09
(1999), 46.91 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
1 July -
30 June |
|
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