The first chart illustrates how much revenue was generated from exported clothing from Bangladesh in the years 1998 and 2012, while the second chart gives information about the export markets and corresponding monetary values in 2012.
In general, the value of clothing exports witnessed an upward trend over the period shown, with significant growth since 2004. Additionally, the European Union was recorded as the largest market, along with the biggest revenue compared to Turkey, whose figures were the lowest.
Looking first at the export earnings from clothing, only around 2 billion dollars was generated in the beginning, after which it experienced a gradual increase to 5 billion dollars in 2000 before rising dramatically in 2004 and reaching the peak of 20 billion in 2012.
Moving on to the destinations and value of exported clothing, the European Union dominates, commanding an overwhelming 60% of total exports, amounting to 11.38 billion dollars, followed slightly by the USA, which accounted for 24% or 4.53 billion dollars. Additionally, 8% of clothing export value was received from other nations, which slightly exceeded that of the remaining markets, with the respective figures being 5% (Canada), 2% (Japan), and 1% (Turkey).