Manufacturing Intelligence Spotlight: BANGLADESH
by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff
Manufacturing Intelligence Spotlights from CanadianManufacturing.com outline key data on the top 21 global export markets.
The biggest opportunities for Canadian companies include key growth sectors, such as: machinery and equipment, base metals, petroleum products and chemical products
GDP: $258.6 billion (2010 est.)
GDP growth: 6% (2010 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,700 (2010 est.)
Population: 158,570,535 (July 2011 est.)
Labour force: 73.86 million (2008)
Products: cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea , paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, sugar
Industry: cotton textiles, jute, tea processing, cement, chemical fertilizers, light engineering
Exports: $19.24 billion (2010 est.)
Export Markets : garments, frozen fish and seafood, jute, leather
Export partners: U.S. (22.1%), Germany (14.1%), U.K. (8.5%), France (6.8%), Netherlands (6.1%)
Trade activity with Canada:
Exports to Mongolia: $523.8M
Major exports to Mongolia: base metals ($46.1M), vegetable products
Imports from Mongolia: $837.3M
Major imports: textiles ($805.7M), live animals (fish)($7.6M)
Trade Commissioner
Mr. Mortoza Tarafder
The High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh / Haut-commissariat du Canada au Bangladesh
The Canadian High Commission in Bangladesh United Nations Road Baridhara, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
(011-88-02) 988 7091 / 97 Fax: (011-88-02) 882 3043
mortoza.tarafder@international.gc.ca
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Sources: Export Development Canada , Statistics Canada and The CIA World Factbook
