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   ocr: Strengths Jute is the major industry: Bangladesh accounts for 80% of world jute fiber exports.. Low wages ensure a competitive and expanding textile industry, which constitutes one-third of the small manutacturing sector. Wealaesses The agricultural sector, which employs 68% of Bangladeshis, is vulnerable to the violent and unpredictable climate. Profile Government ministers like to portray Bangladesh as an emerging NIC, but its e conomy: is still overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture an d large aid inflows. Agriculture, which provides the maj or expo ort,jute, is pro ductive e: Bangladesh's ...