Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- Bangladeshi plastic products attain global attention with an export boom even during this global economic crisis, analysts say, and the industry has huge overseas market left to exploit.

Plastic-waste shipments to overseas market rebounded in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2022-23, spurring an overall plastic-product- export growth of 41 per cent, an FE analysis finds.

Plastics export has not only maintained impressive growth, it has already surpassed the strategic target for the July-December period. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), earnings from the shipment of plastic items stood at $100.17 million during the period.

In the same period last FY2022, the EPB data showed, the foreign...