Dhaka, July 17 -- Contribution of non-RMG sectors to the country's overall export earnings remained almost static during last one decade, indicating insufficient efforts toward diversification of the product basket and largely reliant on textile and garments.

Non-RMG (readymade garment) items like leather and leather goods, footwear, jute goods, agricultural products, frozen and live fish, engineering products together contributed about 15.91 per cent of the total export receipts in the last fiscal year.

On the other hand, the share of RMG (knit and woven) and textile, including that of hometex and specialised textile, in the export earnings was 84.08 per cent.

The country fetched US$48.28 billion from merchandise exports in the just c...