The country registered a record 24 pct export rise in textile shipments, data released by the Export Promotion Bureau said.Since the country’s independence in 1971, this is the highest export growth in our history. And all the credit should go to our ready-made garments exporters,’ export bureau chief Mir Shabuddin Mohammad told Agence France-PresseApart from textiles, the country’s traditional exports such as jute, shrimp and leather also saw double-digit growth during the year, the bureau said. “Source: AFX News Limited”

Date:8/8/2006

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