RMG shipments to US jumped 25% in August

Bangladesh’s garment exports to the US rose 25.65 percent to $806.46 million in August from July, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, as shipments picked up following the settlement of tariff to the American market.

In the July-August period, Bangladesh’s garment exports to the US brought in $1.61 billion, up 11.42 percent from $1.44 billion in the same two months a year earlier, according to the EPB.

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The two-month total was equivalent to 20.8 percent of the $7.74 billion earned from garment exports to the US in fiscal year 2025-26.

If the current 11.42 percent year-on-year growth is maintained through FY2026-27, garment exports to the US could reach around $8.62 billion, compared with $7.74 billion in FY2025-26.

The monthly average so far this fiscal year stands at $806.46 million, well above the $645.38 million monthly average based on last year’s full-year exports.

Most of the increase, however, came in August, when exports jumped 25.65 percent. In July, they fell 0.18 percent.