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According to the latest data, Bangladesh s apparel export value rose by 571.8% year-on-year in Apr, reaching 2.517 billion USD, up 2.5% month-on-month. The substantial yearly growth was mainly due to the outbreak of the overseas epidemic in April 2020, which caused lockdown and severe exports blocked. Compared with April 2019, the apparel export value dropped by 0.88%. On varieties front, the export value of knitted and woven apparel inched up by 2.2% and 2.9% month-on-month respectively, up 644.9% and 504.1% year-on-year. The export value of knitted apparel moved up by 4.5% and woven one declined by 6.4% year-on-year, indicating that the export of knitted apparel recovered to the level before the outbreak of Covid-19, while that of woven one was still recovering. ....