3. The economy of Bangladesh is largely dependent on agriculture.
However, the Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector has emerged as the
biggest earner of foreign currency. Bangladesh's exports industry alone
comprised USD 31.2 billion in FY 2014-15, 81.69% of which was made
up by ready-made garments. The sector contributes significantly to
the GDP. It also provides employment to around 4.2 million
Bangladeshis, mainly women from low income families.
4. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT
YEAR NUMBER OF GARMENT
FACTORIES
EMPLOYMENT IN
MILLION WORKERS
1985-86 594 0.20
2000-01 3480 1.80
2010-11 5150 3.60
2015-16 4328 4.00
5. TOTAL EXPORT OF BANGLADESH
YEAR % OF RMG’S TO
TOTAL EXPORT
1983-84 3.89
1999-00 75.61
2011-12 78.55
2015-16 82.01
6. VALUE OF TOTAL APPAREL EXPORT IN MN. US$
YEAR KNIT KNIT TOTAL
2000-2001 3364.32 1495.51 4859.83
2015-2016 14738.74 13355.42 28094.16
7. Short History of RMG Sector of Bangladesh
Membership and Employment of RMG sector in Bangladesh
Total Woven & Knit Export to World
Contributes of RMG sector to all Export of Bangladesh
8. The grossing of textile sector is increasing day by day .
And at the same time the total exports value also
increasing . And this export percentage is contribute to
total export of Bangladesh. In Future we can hope that
Bangladesh will get a development country status by
increasing of Export of RMG to the world.