Export earnings in August 2011 went down by 15.1 percent from $4.774 billion to $4.053 billion recorded during the same period of the previous year. Month-on-month, it fell by 8.5 percent from $4.429 billion in July 2011.

Total receipts from merchandise exports during January to August grew by 0.7 percent to $33.239 billion from $33.021 billion during the same period a year earlier.