As per a CCF Group report, the value of Bangladesh’s apparel exports increased 571 .8 per cent year-on-year in April to reach $ 2.517 billion. Majority of this growth was due to the outbreak of overseas epidemic in April 2020, which caused lockdown and severe exports blocked. Compared with April 2019, value of apparel exports dropped by 0.88 per cent. On varieties front, the export value of knitted and woven apparel increased by 644.9 per cent and 504.1 per cent year-on-year. The export value of knitted apparels surged 4.5 per cent while woven apparels declined by 6.4 per cent year-on-year.

In terms of monthly changes, Bangladesh's apparel exports value gradually recovered on a month on month basis. However, its home textiles exported declined by 4.5 per cent month-on-month compared to that in same period of 2019. From yearly and monthly changes, the growth of home textiles was obvious, the recovery of knitted apparel was faster than that of woven one, and the export value of woven apparel has improved in April.