Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s Jamdani sarees are gaining popularity among the fashion-loving Indian women though they have rich tradition in the fashion world, market operators said.
Bangladesh is exporting fine quality Jamdani sarees to a number of countries including India, Italy, USA, Canada and the Middle Eastern countries. 
Of them, 80 percent goes to India alone.
Bangladesh’s export of Jamdani sarees to India was $6.12 million in 2010-11 fiscal year (FY) against its export worth $1.49 million in FY 2008-09, according to data of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). 
The country has exported Jamdani sarees worth $5.21 million during the first ten months of the FY’12 to India, the EPB data showed.
The total export of Jamdani sarees was $4.84m in FY09, $6.0 million in FY’10 and in FY’11 it was $10.41 million. The first ten months’ export of the product is $9.80 million.
Export of Jamdani sarees to India has increased more than four times during the last three years, they added.
 
BBN/SSR/AD-05June12-12:45 pm (BST)