News / Bangladesh garment sector hit by 87% plunge in exports through Chittagong

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Bangladesh’s import and export volumes in April nosedived as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, new data shows.

Last month, export volumes through Chittagong port fell 87% and imports were down 22% – a crippling blow for the impoverished South Asian nation of 160m people.

According to figures from Chittagong Customs House, April saw 1.24m tonnes of goods exported through the port, compared with over 2.89m tonnes in April last year. And 6.65m tonnes of goods were imported last month against 8.43m tonnes ...