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  "pillarKey": "tradeDeep",
  "title": "Trade: Textiles, Footwear & Agriculture (HS Breakdown)",
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  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2024-06-01",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "tradeDeep",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2019",
        "textiles": 5.52,
        "footwear": 0.37,
        "agriculture": 0.28,
        "lightMfg": 0.32,
        "other": 0.21,
        "total": 6.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2020",
        "textiles": 4.78,
        "footwear": 0.33,
        "agriculture": 0.3,
        "lightMfg": 0.29,
        "other": 0.2,
        "total": 5.9
      },
      {
        "year": "2021",
        "textiles": 5.78,
        "footwear": 0.42,
        "agriculture": 0.34,
        "lightMfg": 0.35,
        "other": 0.21,
        "total": 7.1
      },
      {
        "year": "2022",
        "textiles": 7.95,
        "footwear": 0.58,
        "agriculture": 0.38,
        "lightMfg": 0.52,
        "other": 0.27,
        "total": 9.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2023",
        "textiles": 6.8,
        "footwear": 0.54,
        "agriculture": 0.36,
        "lightMfg": 0.45,
        "other": 0.25,
        "total": 8.4
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "Textiles Share",
        "value": "81%",
        "delta": "of 2023 exports"
      },
      {
        "label": "Footwear Growth",
        "value": "+46%",
        "delta": "2019–2023"
      },
      {
        "label": "Diversification",
        "value": "19%",
        "delta": "Non-textile share"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "US imports from Bangladesh by HS chapter (textiles, footwear, agri)",
        "sourceRef": "US Census Foreign Trade · UN Comtrade"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Total merchandise export trajectory",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank WDI · TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT"
      }
    ],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://comtradeplus.un.org",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau",
        "url": "https://epb.gov.bd"
      },
      {
        "name": "US Census Bureau",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
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      "sourceVerified": true,
      "unverifiedFields": [],
      "knownGaps": [
        "The Export Promotion Bureau published FY2024-25 full-year export data in July 2025; this pillar's series ends at 2023 and has not incorporated it"
      ]
    }
  }
}