Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Bangladesh's UN-mandated role as a regional logistics hub is getting undercut as manifest in the value of its re-exported goods plummeting, according to the first-quarter statistics of this fiscal year.

Official data show the value of re-exported goods from Bangladesh fell sharply in the July-September period the fiscal year 2025-26, signifying a slowdown in a trade segment that primarily serves neighbouring landlocked economies.

Re-exports that stand for goods imported into Bangladesh and then shipped onward, mainly to Bhutan and Nepal, aggregated to Tk 1.95 billion in the period-down nearly 78 per cent from a year earlier.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) latest data reveal the re-export decline that offici...