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Trade between Bangladesh and Denmark

In 2024, Bangladesh exported $1.1 billion to Denmark and imported $83 million. Bangladesh ran a surplus of $1.1 billion with Denmark, compared with a surplus of $682 million in 2019. Denmark was Bangladesh’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Bangladesh was Denmark’s 32nd (0.5%).

Summary

Bangladesh → Denmark
$1.1billion
Denmark → Bangladesh
$83million
Bangladesh’s balance
$1.1billion

Balance

Bangladesh’s trade balance with Denmark

Trade between Bangladesh and Denmark grew 10.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Bangladesh’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.1
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$65 million$50 million$15 million
1996$71 million$50 million$20 million
1997$57 million$44 million$13 million
1998$65 million$38 million$27 million
1999$54 million$25 million$28 million
2000$74 million$37 million$37 million
2001$77 million$48 million$30 million
2002$78 million$55 million$23 million
2003$110 million$45 million$65 million
2004$134 million$47 million$87 million
2005$101 million$50 million$51 million
2006$164 million$67 million$97 million
2007$165 million$69 million$96 million
2008$197 million$78 million$119 million
2009$212 million$87 million$124 million
2010$299 million$112 million$186 million
2011$361 million$133 million$227 million
2012$459 million$130 million$329 million
2013$512 million$116 million$396 million
2014$634 million$41 million$593 million
2015$619 million$135 million$484 million
2016$677 million$165 million$512 million
2017$715 million$165 million$550 million
2018$736 million$173 million$563 million
2019$750 million$68 million$682 million
2020$717 million$59 million$658 million
2021$992 million$103 million$889 million
2022$1.2 billion$115 million$1.1 billion
2023$934 million$85 million$850 million
2024$1.1 billion$83 million$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Bangladesh sells to Denmark

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Sweaters and pullovers$303 million · 26.4%
    18 thousand tonnes
  2. T-shirts$225 million · 19.6%
    14 thousand tonnes
  3. Men's suits and trousers$196 million · 17.1%
    12 thousand tonnes
  4. Men's shirts$69 million · 6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's suits and dresses$66 million · 5.8%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Women's knitted suits and dresses$53 million · 4.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Men's knitted shirts$43 million · 3.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Men's knitted suits and trousers$29 million · 2.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Women's blouses$19 million · 1.7%
    709 tonnes
  10. Men's coats and jackets$18 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Denmark sells to Bangladesh

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Malt extract and food mixes$37 million · 44.5%
    12 thousand tonnes
  2. Powdered and condensed milk$8 million · 9.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Liquid pumps$7 million · 8.4%
    79 tonnes
  4. Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$3 million · 4%
    60 tonnes
  5. Gas generators$3 million · 3%
    108 tonnes
  6. Plastic packaging$2 million · 2.5%
    27 tonnes
  7. Elevators, escalators and conveyors$2 million · 2.1%
    251 tonnes
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$2 million · 1.9%
    7 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  9. Other food preparations$1 million · 1.7%
    50 tonnes
  10. Glass bottles and jars$1 million · 1.6%
    109 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Chittagong to Aarhus.

The estimated sea route between Chittagong and Aarhus is 12,630 nautical miles (23,391 km) long: ≈ 29–37.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (12,630 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (8,819 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.2 billion · 97.7%
  2. Air$29 million · 2.3%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Denmark was Bangladesh’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Bangladesh was Denmark’s 32nd (0.5%).

Denmark in Bangladesh’s trade
1%
Denmark’s rank among Bangladesh’s partners
21st
Bangladesh in Denmark’s trade
0.5%
Bangladesh’s rank among Denmark’s partners
32nd

Compare with

Other partners of Bangladesh

Other partners of Denmark

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.