Earnings from the country's merchandise exports in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY) maintained a moderate growth of about 13 per cent to US$ 30.90 billion.
The country fetched $ 27.45 billion through merchandise exports during the July-March period of last FY (2017-18).
The export performance was 7.20 per cent higher than the target set for the eight-month period of this FY (2018-19), according to official data released on Sunday.
The single month earnings in March last grew by 9.35 per cent to $ 3.34 billion from $ 3.05 billion in the same month last year, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data.
The March performance also surpassed the target set for the month by 2.37 per cent.
The earnings from export of readymade garments (RMG) during the July-March period of the ongoing FY grew by 13.65 per cent to $ 25.95 billion from $ 22.83 billion in the corresponding period of last fiscal. The earnings also surpassed the target by 7.40 per cent.
The country earned $ 12.80 billion from knitwear exports during the period under review. It marked a growth of 13.07 per cent compared to $ 11.32 billion in the same period of the last fiscal.
Export of woven garments in the first nine months of FY'19 grew by 14.22 per cent to $ 13.15 billion, from $11.51 billion in the corresponding period of the last FY.
The earnings from home textile exports witnessed a fall by 3.36 per cent to $ 647.34 million during the period. Earnings from home textile, also, fell short of the target by 6.83 per cent during the period.
The earnings from jute and jute goods in July-March period of the current FY continued to decline as it fell by 23.23 per cent to $ 628.08 million from $ 818.09 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The country earned $ 771.69 million from exports of leather and leather products in the nine months of FY '19, marking an 9.08 per cent decline during the period.
Earnings from leather footwear grew 7.86 per cent to $ 458.76 million in the July-March period.
Frozen and live fish exports in the July-March period of the current FY witnessed 2.77 per cent growth to $ 419 million during the same period of the current fiscal year, according to data.
