BD Investment Destination
BD Investment Destination
BD Investment Destination
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THE
VISION
The dream of the father of the nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was to
build a Shonar Bangla (Golden Bangladesh).
The World Bank estimates that Bangladesh is among the five fastest growing
economies in the world (World Bank, 2019).
The Asian Development Bank estimates that Bangladesh's economy will grow
faster than those of its neighbors in 2020 (ADB, 2019)
Bangladesh is already recognized as one of the ‘Next 11 Emerging
Economies of the world.
Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates that Bangladesh will become one of the
fasted-growing economies by 2050.
“Bangladesh the Next China” -McKinsey & Company
1,909 32.02
Billion
Per Capita Forex Reserve
GDP in 2018- in 2019(USD)
2019 (in USD) (GOB)
GDP growth rates of Bangladesh and regional economies
(Bangladesh Economic
Review 2019)
Source: PwC (2019)
GDP per capita and consumption Bangladesh has maintained a steady and
expenditure have witnessed positive stable inflation and IMF forecasts strongly
growth , which reflect higher living suggest that the inflation in Bangladesh is
standard for the Bangladeshis expected to remain below 6% till 2023.
100.2 1,103
Male-Female Population
Ratio, 2017 Density/Sq.
(Bangladesh Economic
Review 2019) Km, 2017
(Bangladesh Economic Age Structure of Bangladesh’s population
Review 2019) Source: World Bank and PwC
11% 72
Incidence of Life Expectancy
Extreme (yrs), 2017
(Bangladesh Economic
Poverty Review 2019)
(Bangladesh Economic
Review 2019) Poverty reduction in Bangladesh: Historical trend
Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2016)
Bangladesh is blessed with sizable natural gas reserves and has taken
an advantage of it. The cumulative production of gas was 15.94 TCF as
if 1st July 2018 (PetroBangla). New on-shore and off-shore gas fields
are being explored. Two LNG terminals are already in operations and
many companies have shown interest in this sector.
Bangladesh has three active sea ports, of which Chittagong Sea port is the
largest one. Besides, a deep sea port is being built in Matarbari to facilitate
international trade. Bangladesh also has 29 river ports to facilitate inland
water transportation and shipments. Bangladesh also has more than 180
Land Customs Stations of which 24 are declared as land ports
Bangladesh has an extensive railway connectivity which is widely used for
passenger and cargo transportation. The total length of railway is almost
3,000 KM and connects 44 districts. Currently, oil, marble and stones, food
grains, fertilizer, parcels are being transported using rail connectivity.
Bangladesh has three international airports and seven domestic airports for
easy and quick travel. Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), the
main international airport, has two cargo terminal buildings for import and
export. Besides, the HSIA is developing the 3rd terminal for greater ease.
100% tax exemption on income and capital gain for certain projects under
Public Private Partnership (PPP) for 10 years. Investments in select priority
sectors such as Power, enjoy tax exemption for up to 15 years.
Exemption of import duties on raw material used for producing export goods.
Bonded warehousing Facilities for export oriented industries and for large
import for local selling in certain items.
The export oriented sectors enjoy cash incentives and the respective rates to be
provided are updated every year through circulars issued by Bangladesh Bank.
The rate ranges from 2% to 20% given on the FOB value of the export proceeds.
New market and product expansion of textile market (except US, Canada, and EU),
Broad categories
Export oriented local textiles (instead of duty drawback and custom bond) Additional
facility for SME textile, Ship building, SME in textile industry, export of bone
powder, potato, jute thread, crust leather form Savar leather park Exporting frozen shrimp
and fishes Diversified jute products, Hessian and sacking (jute finished goods) Frozen
fish (based on ice coating) Ship export, potato, PET Leather products Light engineering
products, furniture, leather goods Hand made products using straw, sugarcane extract
Agro-processing and agricultural produce(vegetable and fruit), potato export, halal meat,
vegetable seed, carbon from jute straw etc.
• Plastic exports was worth $119 million in 2018-2019, according to data from
the Export Promotion Bureau.
• The plastic makers have created at least 12 lakh jobs in a total of 5,030
small, medium and big factories across the country.
• Bangladesh currently manufactures 142 plastic items and the number is
increasing by the day.
• The country mainly exports intermediate products like film plastic, household
items and garment accessories to the US, Canada, the Europe, China, India
and Nepal.
• Cash incentive for export of plastic sectors was 10% in FY 2018-2019.
• Private Power Companies shall be excepted from corporate tax for a period
of 15 years.
This document is prepared by the Bangladesh Trade Portal based on the information obtained and derived from
different sources (government agencies or other institutions).Bangladesh Trade Portal is a one-stop point for
information relating to export from and import into Bangladesh. Hosted by the Bangladesh Regional Connectivity
Project -1, the Ministry of Commerce and the World Bank, the portal provides an accessible, logical, helpful
window for traders to access important regulatory and procedural information needed for export and import.
Bangladesh Trade Portal is not responsible for the accuracy and validity of the data and information presented in
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