Economical
Profile
Currency (code): taka (BDT) GDP: $299.9
billion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $2,100 (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities: garments, jute and jute goods,
leather, frozen fish and seafood Exports - partners: US
, Germany , UK , France , Italy Imports: $10.03 billion
(2004 est.) Imports - commodities: Machinery and
equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,
foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement Imports -
partners: India 15.1%, China 12.5%, Singapore 7.5%,
Kuwait 5.5%, Japan 5.3%, Hong Kong 4.5% (2004)
Agriculture - products: rice, jute, tea, wheat,
sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oil seed, spices,
fruit; beef, milk, poultry Industries: cotton textiles,
jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement,
chemicals, fertilizer, light engineering, sugar Source :
The World Fact Book 2005 (www.cia.gov)
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