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The State of Bangladesh Trade

An investigative forensic breakdown of 30 years of Bangladesh merchandise trade: the emergence of the $50B RMG export machine, rising product concentration, preferential tariff erosion under LDC graduation, and global value chain integration.

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Merchandise exports reached 58.8 billion dollars in 2024, against 4.7 billion in 1995.
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Merchandise exports reached 58.8 billion dollars in 2024, against 4.7 billion in 1995.

Imports ran ahead of exports for most of the record, leaving a merchandise deficit of 4.8 billion dollars in 2024.

Export earnings are up +1153.5 percent since 1995, and exports cover 92.5 percent of the import bill.

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Primary Sources 7 Citations

[1] CEPII ['ch1.trade_totals', 'ch1.export_composition', 'ch1.import_composition', 'ch1.rmg_share', 'ch1.hhi_product', 'ch1.hhi_partner', 'ch1.top_export_partners', 'ch1.trade_balance_by_hs2']
BACI bilateral trade database (trade.db, BACI-derived)
https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37
[2] World Bank ['ch1.trade_openness']
World Development Indicators (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators
[3] Harvard Growth Lab and MIT ['ch2.eci_trajectory']
Atlas of Economic Complexity, ECI (HS02, HS6)
https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/
[4] United Nations ['ch2.rca_top_products', 'ch2.diversification_metrics', 'sota.margin_decomposition']
UN Comtrade annual trade data
https://comtradeplus.un.org/
[5] CEPII ['ch3.ppml_estimates']
Gravity Database V202211, Bangladesh pairs
https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=8
[6] World Trade Organization ['ch4.tariff_trends']
Bangladesh bilateral tariffs by GTAP sector
https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/tariff_data_e.htm
[7] World Bank WITS / EORA ['ch5.gvc_participation']
GVC participation indicators, EORA-based
https://worldmrio.com/