Bangladesh recorded a trade deficit of 178.40 BDT Billion in April of 2019. Balance of Trade in Bangladesh averaged -28.87 BDT Billion from 1976 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 0 BDT Billion in April of 1977 and a record low of -209.80 BDT Billion in May of 2018.

Balance of Trade in Bangladesh is expected to be -174.00 BDT Billion by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Balance of Trade in Bangladesh to stand at -135.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Bangladesh Balance of Trade is projected to trend around -160.00 BDT Billion in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Bangladesh Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade -178.40 -145.30 0.00 -209.80 BDT Billion [+]
Current Account -936.00 -2078.00 1852.00 -3293.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -3.60 -0.60 3.70 -4.40 percent [+]
Exports 252.00 271.64 271.93 0.05 BDT Billion [+]
Imports 430.39 416.96 465.30 0.57 BDT Billion [+]
Terms of Trade 87.10 87.10 104.70 80.01 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 2.69 0.02 679.50 -12.72 BDT Billion [+]
Remittances 1434.05 1458.68 1597.21 856.87 USD Million [+]
Gold Reserves 14.00 14.00 14.00 3.29 Tonnes [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 1583.00 1706.00 1726.00 276.00 USD Million [+]
External Debt 33.11 28.34 33.11 16.17 USD Billion [+]
Crude Oil Production 3.00 3.00 6.00 1.10 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 5.70 6.18 6.48 4.10 [+]

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Bangladesh Balance of Trade

Bangladesh has been recording sustained trade deficits since 1976 mainly due to a high value of imports. Main imports are petroleum and oil (11 percent of the total imports); food items (11 percent) and textile (10 percent). Main exports mainly ready made garments (80% of exports revenue). This page provides the latest reported value for - Bangladesh Balance of Trade - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Bangladesh Balance of Trade - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-178.40 -145.30 0.00 -209.80 1976 - 2019 BDT Billion Monthly




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France -3278.00 May/19
Germany 20600.00 May/19
India -15280.00 Jun/19
Indonesia 196.00 Jun/19
Italy 2884.57 Apr/19
Japan -967.11 May/19
Mexico 1030.71 May/19
Netherlands 5579.00 May/19
Russia 11823.00 May/19
Saudi Arabia 131636.00 Mar/19
Singapore 3962.64 May/19
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South Korea 4168.00 Jun/19
Spain -1605300.00 Apr/19
Switzerland 1654.00 May/19
Turkey -1837.83 May/19
United Kingdom -2324.00 May/19
United States -55520.00 May/19


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