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Bangladesh Trade Summary

2012

Bangladesh exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BANGLADESH 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Bangladesh 2012

Exports and imports of Bangladesh in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 24,514 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 36,356 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,679 products were exported to 184 countries and 4,115 products were imported from 192 countries.

Bangladesh top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Bangladesh exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Bangladesh exports to United States worth US$ 4,999 million, with a partner share of 20.39 percent.
  2. Bangladesh exports to Germany worth US$ 3,620 million, with a partner share of 14.77 percent.
  3. Bangladesh exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,562 million, with a partner share of 10.45 percent.
  4. Bangladesh exports to France worth US$ 1,282 million, with a partner share of 5.23 percent.
  5. Bangladesh exports to Spain worth US$ 1,151 million, with a partner share of 4.69 percent.

Top five countries from which Bangladesh imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Bangladesh imports from China worth US$ 6,478 million, with a partner share of 17.82 percent.
  2. Bangladesh imports from India worth US$ 4,370 million, with a partner share of 12.02 percent.
  3. Bangladesh imports from Singapore worth US$ 2,350 million, with a partner share of 6.46 percent.
  4. Bangladesh imports from Indonesia worth US$ 1,869 million, with a partner share of 5.14 percent.
  5. Bangladesh imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 1,780 million, with a partner share of 4.90 percent.

Bangladesh Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Bangladesh along with trade value are:

  1. Bangladesh exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 4,489,104.00 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bangladesh exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 3,796,916.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bangladesh exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 1,522,686.62 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bangladesh exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of other textiles, kni , worth 1,411,709.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bangladesh exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth 1,189,737.29 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Bangladesh along with trade value are

  1. Bangladesh imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,950,939.83 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bangladesh imported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth 2,121,093.13 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bangladesh imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 1,255,661.33 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bangladesh imported Vessels and other floating structures for break , worth 1,248,438.82 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bangladesh imported Crude soya-bean oil , worth 936,688.72 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Bangladesh in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 25 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.53 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.84 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,305,767.84 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.79 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Bangladesh in 2012 are below

  • Bangladesh GDP in current US dollar was 133,356 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 970.00 .
  • Bangladesh Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.79.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,385.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 48.11 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.20 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Bangladesh in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 6.00.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Bangladesh Country Growth was 1.17 .