Bangladesh’s furniture export hit a historic high of $110 million last fiscal year thanks to its spiraling demand in the international markets.
The amount is 39 percent higher than the previous fiscal year’s $79 million and a whopping 255 percent higher than 2012-13 fiscal year’s $31 million.
The highest amount of the goods—worth over $55 million—was sent to the USA while Japan stood second in the list with over $17 million.
France—the third biggest export destination for Bangladeshi furniture—took home $10 million worth of furnishings last fiscal year, according to EPB data.
In South Asia, India is the biggest importer of Bangladeshi furniture with around $4 million and Bhutan second with $240,000.
In the last fiscal year, Bangladesh shipped furniture to 62 countries, according to data of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
Middle Eastern people also love Bangladeshi furniture. Saudi Arabia leads here by taking $2 million worth of furniture from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates second with $275,267.
From Europe, not only France, the UK, Norway, Poland and Sweden imported around $1 million worth of furniture in FY 22.
People starting from Russia to football-loving Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Chile, Columbia also use Bangladeshi furniture.
