DHAKA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh export inched up 5.81 percent to 36.67 billion U.S. dollars in the just concluded 2017-18 fiscal year, an official from Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said Wednesday.

The EPB official who did not like to be named said Bangladesh earned a total of 36,668.17 million U.S. dollars from exports in the last fiscal year (July 2017-June 2018), compared to 34,655.90 million U.S. dollars in the previous year.

With 2.94 billion U.S. dollars export earning in June this year, down 3.08 percent over the same period a year ago, the EPB official the country's overall export earnings in the last fiscal year fell short of the target of 37.50 billion U.S. dollars by 2.22 percent.

Bangladesh's export income in the previous 2016-17 fiscal year (July 2016-June 2017) was registered at 34.66 billion dollars.

As always the growth in 2017-18 fiscal year largely attributed to the growing demand for ready-made garment industry.

According to the official, knitwear garment export grew 10.40 percent to 15.19 billion U.S. dollars while woven garments rose 7.18 percent to 15.43 billion dollars in the 2017-18 fiscal year, comparing with the same period of previous fiscal.?