Dhaka, March 29 -- Bangladesh's foreign trade with China is heavily imbalanced as the country's export to the East-Asian nation has declined in recent years, official data shows.

Bangladesh exported goods worth only US$715.379 million to China in the last fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 while it imported products worth $16.64 billion in the same period, Bangladesh Bank (BB) and Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data showed.

Bangladesh's export has declined in recent years compared to 7-8 years ago in FY2016 and FY2017 period.

Export of Bangladeshi products almost touched one-billion-USD-mark in FY2017 which is now hovering at a range of $600 million to $700 million trajectory.

According to the EPB, Bangladesh made a shipment of $950 million wort...