12.4% export growth target set for current FY

Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin said the export target for the current fiscal year is being projected considering a healthy growth of 12.4 percent.

Salehuddin said this while addressing reporters after a meeting with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute at the secretariate in the capital on Sunday (September 8).

He said that the export prospects is comparatively better in the current fiscal year (FY25) as it will increase with the changing context.

In reply to a question, he said that there were some factual issues regarding exports. We discussed this. We will keep the data collected by all concerned. We will coordinate everything and present the actual picture. Incidents like different bodies giving different data will not happen. There will be some differences, and we must accept those. But major discrepancies will be addressed.

He also said the export target will be logical. We will look at various components of exports and different products. We will review the regulatory and tax-related obstacles in exports. Our goal is to diversify exports.