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Date : Sep 15, 2019
Table 124 : Exports of Selected Commodities to Principal Countries - US Dollars
(US $ million)
Commodity/Country 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 2 3 4 5 6
Tea          
Germany 35.2 40.0 41.4 42.9 43.8
Iran 88.2 105.1 98.4 126.4 153.7
Iraq 0.2 0.4 0.7 5.2 7.8
Japan 24.4 22.5 22.6 24.2 22.7
Kazakhstan 54.4 31.1 34.2 27.4 28.8
Poland 10.6 13.4 12.5 15.2 16.5
Russia 96.7 102.9 108.4 120.8 106.4
U.A.E. 44.1 50.8 56.1 66.3 56.2
U.K. 57.1 64.1 51.1 55.8 48.2
U.S.A 67.8 63.2 69.3 64.3 59.8
Others 203.0 226.6 236.6 288.8 286.9
Total 681.8 720.0 731.3 837.4 830.9
Coffee          
Belgium 41.8 43.6 55.7 55.9 48.0
Germany 79.7 70.6 80.8 93.8 70.6
Italy 161.0 173.8 176.5 172.6 154.0
Latvia 6.2 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.2
Netherlands 5.6 4.1 7.5 8.0 6.5
Russia 57.6 64.8 71.0 68.6 52.1
Spain 13.6 12.6 18.7 20.8 15.4
Switzerland 8.2 9.3 4.6 4.4 4.7
U.K. 10.0 7.4 8.2 9.0 10.4
U.S.A 25.0 28.7 36.8 48.9 48.5
Others 405.3 366.1 380.7 484.4 409.9
Total 814.0 783.9 842.8 968.6 822.3
Rice          
Bangladesh 451.1 135.0 31.5 838.8 222.3
France 18.6 17.0 19.3 20.4 7.1
Kuwait 270.8 229.9 168.4 200.2 202.6
Saudi Arabia 1294.2 919.9 734.9 903.0 1037.2
Singapore 98.3 66.6 54.4 50.8 48.2
South Africa 145.5 99.2 101.0 71.5 72.9
U.A.E. 439.9 589.3 601.4 586.9 445.3
U.K. 157.9 153.8 109.4 166.8 115.2
U.S.A 155.6 164.9 139.8 182.3 203.2
Yemen Republic 243.7 153.8 122.3 213.0 255.4
Others 4577.5 3317.4 3651.5 4572.6 5143.2
Total 7853.1 5846.6 5733.8 7806.2 7752.7
Tobacco          
Belgium 153.6 183.6 189.8 174.4 135.5
Germany 18.4 14.9 17.6 13.6 21.4
Netherlands 33.8 41.4 28.3 19.5 23.9
Russia 37.4 38.7 32.5 25.5 26.7
Saudi Arabia 58.2 61.6 36.4 20.3 16.8
Singapore 29.1 27.7 17.9 20.2 16.5
U.A.E. 78.9 100.0 131.9 138.0 129.9
U.K. 11.7 5.6 9.6 9.0 4.4
U.S.A 25.2 28.1 30.0 23.9 30.6
Yemen Republic 16.5 16.2 13.1 12.2 15.6
Others 495.7 464.4 451.5 477.6 560.0
Total 958.6 982.0 958.7 934.3 981.2
Spices          
Bangladesh 56.2 51.2 118.6 83.5 115.6
Germany 74.3 81.8 77.9 90.6 81.7
Japan 47.5 50.4 54.0 52.8 57.0
Saudi Arabia 85.9 98.5 91.2 101.4 48.9
Singapore 46.4 50.0 48.2 43.1 94.3
Spain 40.9 36.5 45.1 31.2 20.1
Sri Lanka 67.7 96.8 97.1 76.4 88.2
U.A.E. 122.3 102.3 108.7 120.3 101.6
U.K. 101.2 115.6 116.4 107.6 100.7
U.S.A 409.8 426.4 440.0 488.1 533.9
Others 1378.3 1432.0 1654.8 1920.2 2080.6
Total 2430.3 2541.5 2851.9 3115.4 3322.6
(Continued)

TABLE 124 : EXPORTS OF SELECT COMMODITIES TO PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES - US DOLLAR (Contd.)
(US $ million)
Commodity/Country 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 2 3 4 5 6
Cashew          
Canada 5.5 3.2 3.2 6.6 3.0
France 21.4 23.7 17.7 23.9 14.3
Israel 5.2 5.7 3.0 5.2 2.4
Italy 8.7 5.9 6.2 3.2 1.9
Japan 57.6 64.4 58.7 92.6 81.6
Netherlands 68.2 47.8 43.9 90.6 78.0
Saudi Arabia 50.0 59.7 70.6 85.7 69.5
U.A.E. 180.0 146.6 181.4 194.3 124.9
U.K. 20.4 13.9 15.5 19.4 12.6
U.S.A 230.4 176.5 163.2 140.6 48.1
Others 261.9 221.2 223.6 260.2 218.1
Total 909.3 768.6 786.9 922.4 654.4
Oil Meals          
Bangladesh 183.2 83.3 154.8 212.0 214.2
Indonesia 44.4 12.2 12.6 12.6 14.9
Japan 30.5 25.3 84.6 50.6 69.7
Pakistan 156.9 11.2 1.4 0.3 0.0
Russia 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4
Singapore 4.9 1.6 3.3 3.3 3.9
South Korea 183.4 123.7 90.8 102.4 146.7
Sri Lanka 38.4 12.7 20.9 17.8 20.0
Thailand 77.4 19.9 17.9 44.9 70.6
Vietnam soc rep 76.2 69.2 66.2 116.1 140.1
Others 528.8 193.9 352.5 532.5 831.0
Total 1324.2 553.0 805.4 1093.2 1511.5
Marine Products          
Hong Kong 98.6 82.3 79.3 84.3 99.0
Italy 143.6 129.2 163.2 163.6 144.2
Japan 447.3 404.7 390.2 453.6 419.2
People's Republic of China 131.7 149.7 137.5 164.1 723.9
Spain 205.4 184.3 239.5 249.6 170.3
Taiwan 71.2 59.3 69.3 71.4 80.9
Thailand 112.6 126.1 224.8 264.5 321.5
U.A.E. 172.0 138.9 168.0 195.0 181.5
U.K. 162.3 134.8 148.6 180.6 139.8
U.S.A 1457.5 1326.9 1767.1 2418.3 2327.9
Others 2508.4 2031.3 2515.6 3144.3 2194.0
Total 5510.5 4767.5 5903.1 7389.2 6802.2
Iron Ore          
Belgium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chile 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1
Iran 77.5 31.8 6.3 0.0 0.0
Japan 184.5 0.0 23.1 189.8 86.0
Pakistan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
People's Republic of China 196.8 155.3 1449.6 1091.2 952.8
South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.2
South Korea 49.9 0.0 4.3 90.1 104.9
Taiwan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6
Others 6.6 4.4 50.2 99.9 151.3
Total 515.3 191.5 1533.5 1471.1 1318.0
Leather & leather products          
France 358.2 295.7 275.9 315.9 309.6
Germany 765.5 643.6 624.5 645.7 624.2
Hong Kong 422.9 316.3 265.6 247.6 190.6
Italy 499.8 403.2 368.4 382.0 362.3
Netherlands 210.4 169.2 155.7 179.6 178.9
Portugal 68.4 62.0 67.4 68.6 68.7
Russia 49.6 48.5 51.0 55.9 52.3
Spain 347.3 324.4 288.5 272.6 255.2
U.K. 726.5 693.1 585.3 589.8 573.0
U.S.A 733.0 801.2 834.1 815.8 853.8
Others 1849.1 1650.6 1649.0 1715.7 1672.1
Total 6030.5 5407.8 5165.6 5289.1 5140.8
(Continued)

TABLE 124 : EXPORTS OF SELECT COMMODITIES TO PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES - US DOLLAR (Contd.)
(US $ million)
Commodity/Country 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 2 3 4 5 6
Gems & Jewellery          
Belgium 2678.1 2325.0 2471.6 2426.6 2473.4
Hong Kong 12201.7 10884.8 12834.2 13121.9 11138.8
Israel 1182.8 1002.6 999.1 1031.0 1006.4
Japan 281.1 246.9 308.6 276.5 432.4
Singapore 492.3 427.5 564.0 559.4 702.7
Switzerland 292.3 270.9 216.4 276.4 241.0
Thailand 664.2 627.6 606.9 653.9 613.6
U.A.E. 12260.9 12915.2 13865.5 10821.3 10394.9
U.K. 478.4 516.7 461.9 693.5 482.1
U.S.A 8370.9 8631.4 9689.4 10016.1 10403.2
Others 2363.4 1435.6 1395.3 1667.9 2362.6
Total 41266.1 39284.3 43412.8 41544.4 40251.0
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals          
Brazil 375.9 326.2 337.4 383.7 452.1
Germany 372.9 347.7 333.3 389.3 445.8
Hong Kong 43.5 35.3 36.7 35.5 39.1
Italy 99.1 122.6 123.7 153.6 166.7
Netherlands 243.2 243.7 202.6 233.7 205.9
People's Republic of China 139.1 144.1 145.4 200.5 230.2
Russia 425.6 373.8 383.5 468.8 485.6
U.A.E. 109.3 109.5 112.9 128.3 260.2
U.K. 543.1 563.8 549.8 556.7 630.2
U.S.A 4311.7 5513.9 5563.5 5118.2 5824.3
Others 8768.0 9129.0 8996.2 9614.5 10406.8
Total 15431.5 16909.5 16785.0 17282.8 19146.9
Organic & Inorganic Chemicals          
Brazil 283.1 259.7 271.3 375.6 495.1
Germany 611.5 564.1 528.4 607.3 697.5
Hong Kong 34.9 25.7 49.5 55.3 22.8
Italy 279.4 267.8 272.2 310.1 317.0
Netherlands 400.2 377.3 349.0 429.5 488.3
People's Republic of China 889.6 692.6 783.5 1942.9 2966.9
Russia 87.2 77.7 113.0 148.3 140.3
U.A.E. 542.6 510.9 526.2 723.7 785.8
U.K. 299.4 265.5 250.1 279.7 308.8
U.S.A 1593.0 1389.8 1420.0 1734.1 2036.7
Others 7452.8 7300.1 7773.2 9343.1 10963.5
Total 12473.6 11731.3 12336.1 15949.5 19222.7
Engineering Goods          
Bangladesh 1476.3 1605.9 2069.0 2522.0 2931.9
Germany 2251.0 2247.8 2331.3 3370.6 3406.5
Hong Kong 170.2 159.8 124.0 292.1 235.2
Italy 1761.7 1557.5 2158.8 2553.9 2442.9
Malaysia 2073.7 1354.4 2421.6 2029.9 1745.0
Singapore 2478.4 2841.2 2831.8 2000.4 3478.1
Sri Lanka 3774.1 2784.0 1462.1 1605.2 1775.8
U.A.E. 5971.0 4309.4 4113.8 4276.3 4370.4
U.K. 2718.9 2363.0 2616.6 2957.7 2907.0
U.S.A 8123.2 7194.1 7414.4 10646.4 12373.3
Others 42276.4 35532.3 39672.7 46441.3 47955.2
Total 73074.8 61949.5 67216.1 78695.7 83621.5
Cotton Yarn/Fabs./made-ups, Handloom Products etc.          
Bangladesh 1044.4 1044.2 1051.9 1201.8 1324.8
Germany 312.1 272.1 280.0 306.5 284.3
Hong Kong 98.9 67.2 86.2 52.4 39.9
Italy 208.8 195.0 207.3 229.3 198.0
Japan 125.0 103.4 102.6 101.3 111.6
Mauritius 42.8 41.8 41.8 52.6 49.4
South Korea 223.2 200.4 201.8 213.4 249.3
U.A.E. 258.5 247.2 207.0 185.5 173.9
U.K. 304.4 273.1 256.6 260.0 272.0
U.S.A 2284.8 2285.2 2326.3 2327.7 2529.8
Others 5871.8 5389.7 5100.7 5329.9 5981.9
Total 10774.6 10119.4 9862.2 10260.4 11214.7
(Continued)

TABLE 124 : EXPORTS OF SELECT COMMODITIES TO PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES - US DOLLAR (Concld.)
(US $ million)
Commodity/Country 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 2 3 4 5 6
RMG of all Textiles          
Canada 242.3 250.5 228.8 232.1 236.9
France 892.3 830.2 776.0 763.4 737.4
Germany 1220.3 1112.8 1146.4 1178.5 1143.6
Italy 442.1 379.9 371.0 395.8 416.3
Japan 202.4 185.4 178.3 191.0 215.8
Netherlands 435.5 380.2 394.8 449.6 471.3
Russia 90.8 57.8 68.7 83.1 77.6
U.A.E. 2649.6 3413.9 3926.6 2810.7 1980.9
U.K. 1858.9 1802.3 1631.3 1718.3 1605.3
U.S.A 3614.5 3861.8 3748.0 3864.3 4165.7
Others 5184.6 4689.7 4898.3 5020.2 5087.4
Total 16833.3 16964.4 17368.2 16706.9 16138.2
Jute Mfg. including Floor Covering          
Australia 9.5 12.0 12.2 12.2 14.1
Belgium 6.4 5.0 4.9 6.0 5.3
Egypt, Arab Republic 5.6 4.3 5.8 5.7 1.9
Germany 15.5 13.3 14.9 15.5 14.0
Italy 5.8 10.3 8.3 5.8 5.9
Japan 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.9
Saudi Arabia 14.7 12.5 10.7 12.8 7.5
Turkey 3.6 6.1 4.9 7.3 2.1
U.K. 23.4 27.3 23.2 22.0 22.7
U.S.A 69.5 65.0 61.6 70.5 70.4
Others 138.1 135.2 159.2 172.5 176.3
Total 297.0 295.4 309.9 335.1 324.9
Carpet          
Australia 35.1 46.9 50.1 56.3 58.7
Canada 20.5 20.5 23.2 20.0 21.8
France 16.2 22.2 23.5 23.9 26.3
Germany 110.2 144.6 170.4 140.7 102.2
Italy 17.1 19.0 25.3 25.5 30.4
Japan 12.6 13.9 14.6 15.6 16.4
Spain 9.1 13.2 14.5 15.6 16.7
Sweden 15.2 17.3 18.6 22.4 25.9
U.K. 70.3 84.4 79.4 78.5 78.5
U.S.A 589.8 699.5 707.0 733.2 808.0
Others 464.8 358.6 363.5 298.1 296.9
Total 1360.8 1440.1 1490.2 1429.8 1481.9
Note : Data for 2017-18 are revised and for 2018-19 are provisional. Commodities are based on new classification of DGCI&S.
Also see notes on tables.
Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.

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