DHAKA: Bangladesh is expected to get $37 billion in 2017 by exporting products to international market, $2 billion more than what it earned in 2016. Moreover, the country is expected to earn around $60 billion in 2021, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday. The minister revealed this information at a meeting with the newly elected body of Dhaka Chambers of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) at his ministry, reports BSS.
According to his ministry, Bangladesh’s per capita income reached $1,466 in 2016, from 543 dollars in 2005, while growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) is more than 7 per cent. The electricity generation increased to 15,000 megawatt in 2016 from 5,245 megawatt in 2005, while national literacy rate stood at 63.2 per cent and average life expectancy rose to 71.63 years.
