NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey 2021 on Friday suggested that India can take some “lessons” from Bangladesh, a strong exporting nation, and focus on specializing in products in which it is competitive. It said that Bangladesh seems poised to emerge as a dominant exporter as its outbound shipments posted an impressive compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6 percent during 2011-2019, compared to 0.9 percent for India and 0.4 percent for the world.
Bangladesh’s share in world exports has increased from 0.1 per cent in 2011 to 0.3 per cent in 2019.
The top five export commodities (from labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, apparel, and footwear) account for more than 90 percent of the total exports of Bangladesh since 2015, it said.
In case of India, on the other hand, export performance is more broad-based as the top five export commodities jointly constitute around 40 per cent of total exports and these goods are capital and technology-intensive, it added.
Quoting the data of Bangladesh, the survey stated it “holds lessons for India to build specialization in products in which it is competitive”.
According to trade experts, Bangladesh being a least developed country (LDC) enjoys duty concession in several global markets.
