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BANGLADESH AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

A) Major Trade Partners of Bangladesh : Major trade partners of Bangladesh in terms of export and import are outlined below.

Table : Export Trade Partners (in Million US$)

| Year | Total |USA |UK |Germany |France |Netherlands |Japan |
| 1985-86 | 819 |173 |46 |21 |7 |15 |61 |
| 1990-91 | 1718 |507 |137 |165 |86 |62 |41 |
| 1995-96 | 3882 |1198 |318 |300 |193 |136 |121 |
| 2000-01 | 6467 |2500 |594 |790 |366 |328 |108 |
| 2005-06 | 10526 |3040 |1054 |1764 |679 |327 |139 |
| 2006-07 | 12178 |3442 |1174 |1955 |732 |459 |148 |

The USA, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Japan and some other EU and Non-EU countries are the major export trade partners of Bangladesh of which the USA accounts for almost one thirds of her total export during the last two decades or so (30% in 1990-91, 31% in 1995-96, 39% in 2000-01, and 28.26% in 2006-07 respectively of the total export earnings of Bangladesh)

In Asia, Japan appears to be the prime export partner of Bangladesh. If we look at the economic block-wise export trade, NAFTA appears to be the most successful trade block followed by EU and ASEAN respectively.

Table : Import Trade Partners (in Million US$)

|Year |Total |India |China |Singapore |Japan |Hongkong |S.Korea |USA |
|1985-86 |2364 |60
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