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  "pillarKey": "usCorridor",
  "title": "US–Bangladesh Corridor",
  "version": "b7c927fb9f13",
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  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "partially-verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-09-01",
  "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": "usCorridor",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2018",
        "usImportsFromBd": null,
        "usExportsToBd": null,
        "bdSurplus": null,
        "usRemittance": 2.4,
        "usPctOfTotal": 15.5,
        "usOdaMillions": null
      },
      {
        "year": "2019",
        "usImportsFromBd": 6.7,
        "usExportsToBd": 2.1,
        "bdSurplus": 4.6,
        "usRemittance": 2.9,
        "usPctOfTotal": 15.8,
        "usOdaMillions": 512
      },
      {
        "year": "2020",
        "usImportsFromBd": 5.9,
        "usExportsToBd": 1.6,
        "bdSurplus": 4.3,
        "usRemittance": 3.5,
        "usPctOfTotal": 16.1,
        "usOdaMillions": 601
      },
      {
        "year": "2021",
        "usImportsFromBd": 7.1,
        "usExportsToBd": 2.2,
        "bdSurplus": 4.9,
        "usRemittance": 3.6,
        "usPctOfTotal": 16.3,
        "usOdaMillions": 571
      },
      {
        "year": "2022",
        "usImportsFromBd": 9.7,
        "usExportsToBd": 2.5,
        "bdSurplus": 7.2,
        "usRemittance": 3.4,
        "usPctOfTotal": 15.8,
        "usOdaMillions": 543
      },
      {
        "year": "2023",
        "usImportsFromBd": 8.4,
        "usExportsToBd": 2.3,
        "bdSurplus": 6.1,
        "usRemittance": 3.5,
        "usPctOfTotal": 16.2,
        "usOdaMillions": 498
      },
      {
        "year": "2024",
        "usImportsFromBd": null,
        "usExportsToBd": null,
        "bdSurplus": null,
        "usRemittance": 4.35,
        "usPctOfTotal": 16.2,
        "usOdaMillions": null
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "BD Surplus with US (2023)",
        "value": "$6.1B",
        "delta": "US imports $8.4B vs exports $2.3B"
      },
      {
        "label": "US Share of Remittances (2024)",
        "value": "16.2%",
        "delta": "$4.35B via the US corridor"
      },
      {
        "label": "Students in US (2024/25)",
        "value": "20,156",
        "delta": "Record high — 9th largest sender"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Bangladesh ran a $6.1B goods surplus with the US in 2023 ($8.4B US imports vs $2.3B US exports)",
        "sourceRef": "US Census Bureau FTD, c5380"
      },
      {
        "claim": "The US corridor carried $4.35B in remittances in 2024, 16.2% of the total",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank RPW / IOM Remittance Snapshot 2024"
      },
      {
        "claim": "20,156 Bangladeshi students were enrolled in US institutions in 2024/25",
        "sourceRef": "IIE Open Doors 2025"
      }
    ],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5380.html",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide — US–Bangladesh corridor",
        "url": "https://remittanceprices.worldbank.org/corridor/United-States/Bangladesh"
      },
      {
        "name": "IIE Open Doors — places of origin",
        "url": "https://opendoorsdata.org"
      },
      {
        "name": "ForeignAssistance.gov — Bangladesh",
        "url": "https://www.foreignassistance.gov/cd/bangladesh"
      },
      {
        "name": "USTR Section 301 forced-labor final action (July 2026)",
        "url": "https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/july/ustr-takes-action-forced-labor-section-301-investigations"
      },
      {
        "name": "US Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates",
        "url": "https://data.census.gov"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "registryStatus": "Partially Verified",
      "sourceVerified": false,
      "unverifiedFields": [
        "usCorridorData.usRemittance"
      ],
      "knownGaps": [
        "US development assistance series ends at FY2023; USAID programming was suspended in January 2025 and no post-2023 US figure is published here.",
        "US exports to Bangladesh (Census) series ends 2023 in this hub; the bilateral balance is therefore stated for 2023.",
        "This pillar composes other pillars and introduces no new figures; each series inherits its owner's verification status and gaps.",
        "The US-corridor remittance figure ($4.35B, 2024) is inherited from the remittance pillar, where it is not yet confirmed against Bangladesh Bank"
      ]
    }
  }
}