Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
329 120 1 850 -1.5 312 16.9
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
57 39 81 55
Imports
49 32 60 40
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 33 605 52 804 2020 0.19
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 6 7
2019 0 -2
2020 -15 -11 2020 0.30
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 3.1
Fuels and mining products: 0.3
Agricultural products: 17.6
Fuels and mining products: 15
Manufactures: 96.4
Other: 0.2
Manufactures: 65.8
Other: 1.5
By main destination, % (2015)
By main origin, % (2015)
European Union: 43.5 United Kingdom: 11 Japan: 3
United States of America: 19.3 Canada: 3.3 Other: 19.7
China: 21.5
India: 12.2
Singapore: 9.2
European Union: 5.6
Hong Kong, China: 5.5
Other: 45.9
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2009 HS0711 HS2401 HS1905 HS1901
2015 . 55 46 44 35 33
Fruit juices and vegetable juices Vegetables provisionally preserved Unmanufactured tobacco Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Malt extract
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS5201 HS1511 HS1001 HS1507 HS1701
2015
Cotton, not carded or combed Palm oil and its fractions Wheat and meslin Soya-bean oil and its fractions Cane or beet sugar
2 230 1 785 991 945 822
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS2009
HS5201
HS0711
HS1511
HS2401
HS1001
HS1905
HS1507
HS1901
HS1701
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2015 472 10 332
Annual percentage change
2010-2015 9 7
2014 na na
2015 na na
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS6109 HS6203 HS6204 HS6110 HS6205
2015
T-shirts, singlets and other vests Men's or boys' suits Women's or girls' suits Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans Men's or boys' shirts
6 101 5 973 3 395 2 953 2 325
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS5208 HS5209 HS5205 HS6217
2015
Petroleum oils, other than crude Woven fabrics, 85% cotton small Woven fabrics, 85% cotton big Cotton yarn, 85% or more of cotton Other made-up clothing accessories
4 359 1 762 1 471 954 857
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
32
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS6109
HS2710
HS6203
HS5208
HS6204
HS5209
HS6110
HS5205
HS6205
HS6217
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2015 31 262 37 726
Annual percentage change
2010-2015 11 10
2014 na na
2015 na na
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Bangladesh TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020 3 451 8 049 2020 0.07
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 11 7
2019 7 1
2020 9 -14 2020 0.18
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 19.9 Other commercial services: 52.4
Travel: 6.3 Goods-related services: 21.5
Transport: 63.5 Other commercial services: 25.9
By main destination
Travel: 4.9 Goods-related services: 5.7
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Bangladesh
500 400 300 200 100 0
2010
2013
World
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 685 5 112
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value 282 401 0
2010-2020 15 4
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -5 1
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
41.2 58.6 0.0
2020 10 -10
Value
Share (%)
4 011 578 488
78.5 11.3 9.5
Travel Bangladesh
600 500 400 300 200 100 0
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2010
2013
2016
2020 217 394
2010-2020 10 4
Annual percentage change 2019 10 22
2020 -44 -57
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 7.2
22.4
50.3
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 1 807 Imports 2 082
Other business services ICTs
20.1
Value
Construction
7 17
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
742 460
35 na
2019
2020
7 -4
-10 -23
2019
2020
72 -24
389 na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
68
Non-residents
345
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
413
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
8 043
Non-residents
4 392
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
12 435
Residents
1 494
Non-residents
104
Total
1 598
33