Foreign Trade Statistics
MONTHLY RELEASE
Foreign Trade Statistics Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics January.2012
Compilation and dissemination of Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) is one of the core activities of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Considering the importance of FTS, BBS has been compiling and publishing it on an annual basis since 1973-74. Since February 2007, BBS has been publishing Monthly Release on FTS to satisfy the users’ need. It is an outcome of the BBS efforts towards the improvement of FTS. This monthly release is based on the data available from National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Bangladesh Bank (BB). NBR provides export and import data on goods while BB provides such data on services. We are thankful to NBR and BB which have continued to help us in providing data in bringing out this publication. Data presented in this publication are provisional and subject to revision. All these provisional data will be subsequently reviewed and revised. The revised data will be presented in the upcoming issues. I firmly believe this publication will play a significant role as an effective market research tool to planners, policy makers, researchers, the business community and others. Comments and suggestions from users regarding any inclusion, omission or presentation of data for improvement of the publication are most welcome. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Md. Shahabuddin Sarker, Deputy Director, Md. Shawkat Jahangir, Assistant Statistical Officer, BBS and all other officers and staffs of Foreign Trade Section for their relentless effort to make the publication possible.
Md. Aynul Kabir Director
Deputy Secretary
Total Trade (Goods & Services) In January, 2012, total exports and imports of goods and services were recorded at Tk.194.29 billion and Tk.280.32 billion respectively resulting in a trade deficit of goods and services of Tk.86.03 billion. The exports in January, 2012 were Tk.12.80 billion higher than that in December, 2011 and the
Foreign Trade Statistics Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics January.2012
Compilation and dissemination of Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) is one of the core activities of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Considering the importance of FTS, BBS has been compiling and publishing it on an annual basis since 1973-74. Since February 2007, BBS has been publishing Monthly Release on FTS to satisfy the users’ need. It is an outcome of the BBS efforts towards the improvement of FTS. This monthly release is based on the data available from National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Bangladesh Bank (BB). NBR provides export and import data on goods while BB provides such data on services. We are thankful to NBR and BB which have continued to help us in providing data in bringing out this publication. Data presented in this publication are provisional and subject to revision. All these provisional data will be subsequently reviewed and revised. The revised data will be presented in the upcoming issues. I firmly believe this publication will play a significant role as an effective market research tool to planners, policy makers, researchers, the business community and others. Comments and suggestions from users regarding any inclusion, omission or presentation of data for improvement of the publication are most welcome. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Md. Shahabuddin Sarker, Deputy Director, Md. Shawkat Jahangir, Assistant Statistical Officer, BBS and all other officers and staffs of Foreign Trade Section for their relentless effort to make the publication possible.
Md. Aynul Kabir Director
Deputy Secretary
Total Trade (Goods & Services) In January, 2012, total exports and imports of goods and services were recorded at Tk.194.29 billion and Tk.280.32 billion respectively resulting in a trade deficit of goods and services of Tk.86.03 billion. The exports in January, 2012 were Tk.12.80 billion higher than that in December, 2011 and the