Bangladesh, Nov. 5 -- Bangladesh's merchandise trade with the United States reached $12.67 billion in FY26, with imports from the US rising sharply to narrow the country's trade surplus, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said on Thursday.Bangladesh Economic Report

Citing National Board of Revenue (NBR) data, he said the United States had become Bangladesh's second-largest trading partner after China, while remaining its largest single-country export destination.

"According to NBR data, merchandise trade between the two countries reached $12.67 billion in FY26. This makes the United States Bangladesh's second-largest trading partner," he said.

The growing trade ties come as Bangladesh and the US signed a reciprocal trade agreement on February ...