What Bangladesh sells, and to whom

Export Concentration

Bangladesh's export engine is powerful and narrow. One product family carries most of it, and a handful of markets buy most of that. The same concentration that made the garment miracle possible is the country's sharpest external vulnerability, exposed to a single tariff change, a single demand shock, or the end of preferential access after graduation.

$48.0B

total exports, 2026

80.7%

from readymade garments

77.8%

to the top 5 markets (2026)

43.2%

to the European Union alone

By product, 2026

Share of total merchandise exports. Knit and woven garments are shown separately; together they are the readymade-garment sector.

RMG (knitwear) $20,624M · 43.0%

RMG (woven) $18,077M · 37.7%

Leather and footwear $1,226M · 2.6%

Jute and jute goods $884M · 1.8%

Frozen food $443M · 0.9%

Pharmaceuticals $238M · 0.5%

Shipbuilding $23M · 0.0%

Other products $6,486M · 13.5%

By destination, 2026

Share of total exports going to each market.

European Union 43.2%

United States 18.9%

United Kingdom 9.7%

Canada 3.2%

Japan 2.8%

Method and sources

Source: Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) sector export figures for 2026 and destination shares for 2026. Product shares are each sector's value as a percentage of total merchandise exports; sectors not itemised are grouped as other products. Destination shares are the reported share of exports to each market. Values are nominal US dollars. For how this export base compares with regional peers, see the peer benchmark.