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  ABOUT INVESTMENT POLICY

 

  1. Tax holiday :  Tax holiday faciliteis will be available for 5 or 7 years depending on location of the industrial enterprise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax holiday facilities will be provided in accordance with the existing laws. The period of tax holiday will be calculated from the month of commencement of commercial production. Tax holiday certificate will be issued by NBR (National Board of Revenue) for the total period within 90 days of submission of applicaiton. This facility can be availed of by industries set up within June 30, 2000 A.D.

  2. Acceleration :  Industrial undertakings not enjoying tax holiday will enjoy accelerated depreciation allowance. Such allowance is available at the rate of 100 per cent of the cost of the machinery or plant if the industrial undergaking is set up in the areas falling within the cities of Dhaka, Narayangonj, Chittaong, and Khulna and areas  within a radius of 10 miles from the municipal limits of those cities. If the industrial undertaking is set up elsewhere in the country, accelerated depreciation is allowed at the rate of 80 per cent in the first year and 20 per cent in the second year.

  3. Concessionary duty on imported capital machinery : Import duty, at the rate of 5% ad valorem, is payable on capital machinery and spares imported for initial installation or BMR/BMRE of the existing industries. The value of spare parts should not, however, exceed 10% of the total C&F value of the machinery. For 100% exportoriented industries, no import duty is charged in case of capital machinery and spares. However, import duty @ 5% is secured in the form of bank guarantee or an indemnity bond will be returned after installation of the machinery. Value Added Tax (VAT) is not payable for imported capital machinery and spares.

  4. Rationalisation of import duty : Duties and taxes on import of goods which are produced locally will be higher than those applicable to import of raw materials for producing such goods.

  5. Incentives to Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) : Investment of NRBs will be treated at par with FDI. Special incentives are provided to encourage NRBs for investment in the country. NRBs will enjoy facilities similar to those of foreign investors. Moreover, they can buy newly issued share/debentures of Bangladeshi companies. A quota of 10% has been fixed for NRBs in primary public shares. Furthermore, they can maintain foreign currency deposits in the Non-resident Foreign Currency Deposit (NFCD) account.

  6. Other incentives :

  • Tax exemption of royalties, technical know-how fees received by any foreign collaborator, firm, company and expert.

  • Tax exemption on the interest on foreign loans under certain conditions.

  • Avoidance of double taxation in case of foreign investors on the basis of bilateral agreements.

  • Exemption of income tax up to 3 years for the foreign technicians employed in industries specified in the relevant schedule of income tax ordinance.

  • Tax exemption on income of the private sector power generation company for 15 years from the date of commercial production.

  • Facilities for full repatriation of invested capital, profit & dividend.

  • 6 months' multiple entry visa for the prospective new investors.

  • Re-investment of repatriable divident treated as news investment.

  • Citizenship by investing a minimum of US$ 5,00,000 or by transferring US$ 10,00,000 to any recognized financial institution (non-repatriable).

  • Permanent residentship investing a minimum of US$ 75,000 (non-repatriable).

  • Tax exemption on capital gains from the transfer of shares of public limited companies listed with a stock exchange.

  • Special facilities and venture capital support will be provided to export-oriented industries under "Thurst sectors". There will be no discrimination in case of duties and taxes for the same type of industries set up by foreign and local investors and in the public and private sectors.

  7. Incentives to export-oriented and export-linkage industries:

Export-oriented industrialisation is one of the major objectives of the industrial policy 1999. Export-oriented industries will be given priority and public policy support will be ensured in this respect. An industry exporting at least 80% of its manufactured goods or an industry contributing at least 80% of its products as an input to finished exporables, and similarly, a business entity exporting at least 80% of services including information technology related products will be considered as an export-oriented industry. To make investment in 100 percent export-oriented industries attractive, the following incentives and facilities will be provided:

  1. Dutyfree import of capital machineries and spare parts upto 10 percent of the value of such capital machinery will continue.

  2. Existing facilities for Bonded Warehouse and back-to-back Letter of Credit will continue.

  3. The system for duty drawback will be further simplified and to this end, duty drawback will be fixed at a flat rate on exportable and potentially exportable goods. Exporter will receive duty drawback at a flat rate directly from the relevant commercial banks.

  4. The arrangement for providing loans up to 90 percent of the value against irrevocable and confirmed Letter of Credit/Sales Agreement will continue.

  5. To ensure backward linkage, incentives will be extended to the "deemed exporters" supplying indigenous raw materials to export-oriented RMG industries, using indigenous raw materials will be given facilities and benefits at prescribed rates.

  6. The exportoriented industries, further to the provisions of Bangladesh Bank foreign exchange regulations, will be entitled to receive additional foreign exchange, on case to case basis, for publicity campaign, opening overseas offices and participating in international trade fairs.

  7. The entire export earning from handicrafts and cottage industries will be exempted from income tax. For all other industries, income tax rebate on export earnings will be given at 50 percent.

  8. The facility for importing raw materials, which are included in the banned/restricted list, but required in the manufacture of exportable commodities, will continue.

  9. The import of specified quantities of duty-free samples for manufacturing exportable products will be allowed consistent with the prevailing relevant government policy.

  10. The local products supplied to local industries or projects against foreign exchange L/C will be treated as indirect exports and be entitled to all export facilities.

  11. The Export Credit Scheme will be further expanded and strengthened.

  12. 10 percent products of the enterprises, located in both public and private EPZs, will be allowed to be exported to domestic tariff area against foreign currency L/C on payment of applicable duties and taxes.

  13. 100% percent export-oriented industry outside EPZ will be allowed to sell 20% percent of their products in the domestic market on payment of applicable duties and taxes.

  14. The export-oriented industries which are identified by the government as "Thurst Sector" will be provided special facilities and venture capital support.

Apart from the above mentioned facilities, other facilities announced and provided in the Export Policy will be applicable to export-oriented and export-linkage industries.

          Bangladesh, traditionally known for jute and tea exports, has recently attracted world-wide attention for ready-made garments and leather exports. Bangladesh foresees in expansion of her agricultural sector as well as increased diversity of non-traditional industries and business. Below is a short account of a few potential investment areas. In addition an indicative list of private sector investment opportunities is presented at Appendix-II.

Textile

          From a modest beginning in 1978 as an insignificant non-traditional item of export, fetching only US$ 6.4 million in 1981, garment sector of Bangladesh has now become a $ 3.8 billion foreign exchange earner, enjoying the status of 5th largest garment exporter and largest shirt and T-shirt exporter to the EU and 6th largest apparel exporter to the USA. Apart from contributing 73.28% of total foreign exchange earning of the country, this sector has become the largest source of employment generation. This sector employs over 1.5 million people of whom 90% are women. Directly and indirectly, about 15 million people are dependent on this sector. Today over 2800 small and medium scale privately owned garment factories registered with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), spread in cluster over the EPZs and urban areas of Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna are manufacturing ready-garments of varied specifications as per size and designs stipulated by the overseas buyers.

          The apparel sector has created an export-oriented captive market for over 3 billion yards of fabrics per year, which is increasing by not less than 20% each year, textile sector, rather capital intensive one required foreign capital to flourish to successfully match the fabric requirement of the export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) sector of the country. Presently around 85% of the total requirement of woven fabric and around 35% of the total requirement of knit fabric are imported by the export-oriented RMG industry.

          a)  Yarn gap : During the year 1996-97 country's yarn production was about 160 million kg, out of which 56 million kg of yard has been supplied to RMG and knitwear industry. The yarn demand for 1998 is 545  million kg. Out of which 186 million kg will be required for domestic fabric. The yarn demand for domestic requirement will increase from 186 million kg in 1999-2000 to 263 million kg in 2004-5. For export-oriented RMG industry, the yarn requirement will increase from 434 million kg in 1999-2000 to 554 million kg in 2004-5.

b)  Fabric gap : The fabric demand for 1998 is 4095 million metre, out of which 2422 million metre will be required for RMG industries and 1673 million for local consumption. In 1997 country's fabric production was about 1150 million metre which met approximately 35% of the country's total fabric requirement. At present only 15% of the woven fabric requirement of the export-oriented RMG industries is met with local supplies.

c)  Government projection : The government envisages establishment of 242 spinning  mills, 476 weaving mills and 475 dyeing-printing-finishing mills by the year 2005, to meet the demand gap of yarn and finished fabric.

Jute goods (diversified jute products)

          Jute is the second most important traded natural fibre, after cotton. Of the global production of about 3 million tons of jute and allied fibres, the five major jute producing countries, named, Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal and Thailand account for about 97 per cent. Bangladesh is the second largest producer of jute. A substantial amount of foreign exchange (Tk 1500-1700 crore per year) is earned by Bangladesh through export of jute and jue products.

          Jute is usually known for its use as packaging material, and remains as an important packing material in national and international trade. The traditional jute products are sacking, hessian and carpet backing cloth.

          The International Jute Organisation (IJO), in cooperation with national and international research institutions, have developed a number of technologies, processes and products for diversified use of jute. These are now ready for commercial exploitation. Prospective investors may avail themselves of the opportunity to invest in these projects for which guidance and assistance will be forthcoming from IJO. Feasibility/Viability reports of few such projects, the outlines of which are mentioned below, can be collected from the IJO.

          Home textile has been identified to be an area where jute blended with other fibres can produce a range of products suitable for consumption as home textile materials. The process has also been developed for blending jute with cotton and other fibres to spin relatively finer quality of yarns for use as textile grade materials. Fabrics as well as home textiles like curtain, bed covers, bed sheets, pillow covers, sofa set covers, mattress covers, wall mats, prayer mats, etc and other products like soft luggage bags, fancy packing, covering blankets, shoe uppers, denims, jackets, wrappers, mufflers, caps etc. could be made out of these jute blended yarns. A number of composite materials have been developed with jute and resins. Such materials can replace wood for various applications. The products are not only cheaper in cost, but also have excellent properties like fire resistance and insects proof. Door panels, window frame, tables, furniture, paneling materials and engineering structural material can be produced with such resin treated jute.

          Jute can also be reinforced with plastic to produce moulded products by using any moulding techniques. Upto the extent of 40% of jute, the flow property of the plastic remains unchanged, whereas the products improve in their physical properties. Jute can also replace environmentally hazardous synthetic products as well as glass fibre materials in many applications.

          Non-woven products made of jute and jute blended with other fibres can replace shoe in soles in a big way. The non-woven technology can also produce jute mats that can be used by the intermediate suppliers  of automative component for various applications. This natural jute fibe can replace glass fibre in such application. The bio-degradability and re-cycleability of jute will come handy in such uses. Moreover, the jute products will be cheaper and lighter than the glass fibre materials making the vehicles cost competitive and fuel efficient.

          Using whole jute or jute fibre as an inport for making paper pulp is now an established phenomenon. In this process forest resources are substituted by jute, which is an annual crop and thereby help preventing deforestation.

          Flexible jute bags laminated with aluminium foils and plastics can be used for packaging tea. Paper based flexible bags are replacing tea chests for carrying tea in order to keep aroma and flavour of tea which can easily be replaced by flexible jute bags.

          Jute textile is an existing product used for soil erosion control and agro-plant mulching. This natural fibre based geotextile can easily replace the synthetic geotextile in many applications. Jute, an annual corp, available at cheap price is the basic raw material for all of these diversified products. International awareness of eco-friendliness, bio-degradability and re-cycleability of jute adds advantages to this natural fibre for substituting others. As a new sector for investment, all there diversified products have potential for earning attractive returns.

Leather goods

          There is already a substantial domestic leather industry, mostly export-oriented. The leather includes some ready-made garments, although that aspect is confined mainly to a small export-trade in "Italian-made" garments for the US market. Footwear is more important in terms of value added, accounting for just over US$ 4 million export in FY 1992-93. The figure raised at US$ 22.77 million in FY 1996-97. This is the fast growing sector for leather products. Presently Bangladesh produces between 2 and 3 percent of the world's leather market. Most of the live-stock base for this production is domestic which is estimated as comprising 1.8 percent of the world's cattle stock and 3.7 percent of the goat stock. The hides and skins (average annual output is 150 million sq ft.) have a good international reputation. Foreign direct investment in this sector along with the production of tanning chemicals appears to be highly rewarding.

          Having the basic raw materials for leather goods as well as for production of leather shoe, a large pool of low cost but trainable labour force together with tariff concession facility to major importing countries under GSP coverage. Bangladesh can be a potential off shore location for leather and leather products manufacturing with low cost but high quality.

Frozen food

          The frozen fish export is the second largest export sector of the country with annual turnover of US$ 321 million (17.05 M. Lbs) in 1996-97. The average annual growth rate is 28%. This 100% export-oriented industry includes the following sub-sectors which need proper attention for augmentation of production and export earnings.

          ●        Hatcheries

          ●        Sustainable aqua-culture technology

          ●        Feed meals plants

          ●        Processing unit for value-added products.

          Foreign investment with technology in this potential sector has been recognised as the most viable areas in Bangladesh.

Natural resources

          Bangladesh is now on the threshold of an investment break-through in the oil and gas sector. The energy sector as a whole enjoyed an annual accelerated growth rate of 15.31 percent during the Fourth Five Year Plan period against a target of 9.28 percent. During Fifth Five Year Plan this rate is expected to be 25 percent. This sector also mobilizes a significant amount  of financial resources for public sector investment. In 1996-97 an amount of taka three thousand  crore was generated on account of CD VAT and other payment which is about 25% of the annual development budget.

          The government has taken up some short-term and long-term programmes to solve the present energy crisis in the country. With these, country's energy situation is expected to improve within a short time. 58 km Ashuganj-Bakhrabad gas transmission pipe-line has been commissioned and Chittagong has been connected with the national grid. This would lead to an additional gas supply of 82 MMCFD. Meghna-Bakhrabad gas transmission line (28 km) has been completed and Salda-Bakhrabad gas transmission line (35 km) has been commissioned this yhear. Meghna (17 MMCFD) and Salda  (15 MMCFD) gas fields have begun production and gas supply to national grid has increased by 32 million  cft. daily. The Belabo gas field was also brought to production by completion of Belabo-Narshingdi gas pipeline (13 km). The Kailastila well no. 4 (28 MMCFD) also has started production. Habiganj (No 9) has been completed and started production this year (20 MMCFD). An urgent programme is in hand to complete gas transmission line across Jamuna Bridge which is expected to be commissioned soon.

          Contracts for Oil and Gas expploration under Production Sharing Contracts have so far been signed for 8 blocks. In order to further intensify and expand gas production, the remaining 15 blocks were put up for bidding. It was found that most of the global players in oil and gas participated for 12 blocks. Award of some blocks have already finalised. An LPG plant has been established at Kailashtila with an annual production capacity of 5000 M. ton. LPG is being marketed since August 1998. Attempts have been made to encourage foreign investments in this field. Three MOUs have been signed.

          An NGL plant at Ashuganj will be set up by RPGCL with World Bank funding.

          A Pilot CNG Project has been implemented to popularise the use of environment friendly fuel and already about 1,000 vehicles have been converted to CNG. Steps have been taken to expand the use of CNG in the country. Private sector participation in CNG activities are being encouraged.

          Barapukuria Coal Mine Development Project is under implementation and production has already been started. About 10 million tons of coal will be produced per year of which 85% will be used for a 300 MW power plant. Madhyapara Hard Rock Plant is under implementation.

          Reform measures have been taken to strengthen operational capability of the sector. To this end, initiatives are afoot to establish a Gas Regulatory Authority (GRA) and Hydro-Carbon Unit.

Power sector (electricity)

        An adequate supply of electricity at a reasonable reliability and cost is a pre-requisite for the socio-economic development. 17% of the Bangladesh population have access to electricity and per capital generation is 106 kw. The potential for growth of this sector is very high. The Government of Bangladesh has attached top priority for the development of the power sector.

          a)  Power generation : Since the creation of Bangladesh the installed generation capacity has increased to 3603 MW (including 302 MW IPP) from 550 MW in 1971-72. The maximum demand of 183  MW in 1971-72 also has increased to 2449 MW at present. However the present available generation capacity is about 2400MW. Many of the existing power plants are gradually reaching at a stage where balancing, modernisation and rehabilitation have become necessary. It is possible to involve the private sector in this aspects in the near future.

          A Power System Master Plan study was conducted in 1995. The study has identified the least cost power development plan for the next 20 years. It is estimated that the peak demand in FY 2000 will be about 3150 MW and this will increase to about 4600 MW in FY 2005.

          The Siddhirganj 210 MW power plant is under construction and the installation of Shahjibazar 60 MW, Haripur 109 MW and Baghabari 100 MW power plants are under process.

          b)  Private sector generation : The government is committed to provide adequate electricity supply to its population at a reasonable price. In view of the large capital requirement in the power sector and limitations of government fund, private sector investment would be necessary for desired development of the power sector. Accordingly, Bangladesh has amended its industrial policy and the power sector has been opened up to the private sector.

          The government approved the "Private Sector Power Generation Policy of Bangladesh" in 1996 to attract private investment in power generation. Under the policy, the private power companies shall be exempted from corporate income tax for a period of 15 years and the companies will be allowed to import plant and equipment without payment of custom duties and VAT.

          Contracts have already been awarded for installation of 4 Barge Mounted Power Plants (BMPP) with a capacity of 100 MW each, Haripur 360 MW and Meghnaghat 450 combined cycle power plant in the private sector.  Out of these, the Barge Mounted Power Plants at Khulna, Haripur and Baghabari have been commissioned. The process of signing contracts for Baghabari 115 MW Gas Turbine Power Plant and Noapara 100 MW Barge Mounted Power Plant in the private sector is underway. The Rural Power company is setting up 60 MW gas turbine power plant in Mymensingh. Further steps have been taken to set up small power plants having capacity upto 10 MW in rural areas for ensuring uninterrupted power supply and overall economic development of the country.

          c)  Transmission : The transmission voltages are 230 kv and 132 kv. The route length of transmission lines has increased from 994 km. in 1971-72 to 3500 km at present. The distribution voltages are 33 kv, 11 kv and 0.4 kv. The distribution network has also expanded and increased from 9010 km. in 1971-72 to 136,000 km. With the increased supply of electricity, the number of consumers has increased from 254,000 in 1971-72 to 3,700,000 now.

          With the increase in the supply of gas resources in future the spread of the electrical system through rural area electrification will be given priority.

          The government has recently completed the construction of Comilla-Bara  Aulia 132 KV and undertaken the construction of Comilla - Hat hazari 230 transmission line  to increase the reliability and stability of the power transmission system and to evacuate the surplus power generated in the Chittagong area.

          The Power Grind Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) constituted under company's act has undertaken the construction of Comilla-Meghnaghat-Haripur 230 KV line for evacuation of power to be generated at Meghnaghat Power Plant and construction of Tongi-Kallyanpur-Hasnabad 230 KV line for increasing the reliability and stability  of power supply in Dhaka area.

          d)  Distribution  : In September, 1998, the power distribution system of the Mirpur area of Dhaka has been handed over to the Dhaka Electric Supply company (DESCO), established under company's act. Necessary work for building the infrastructure for distribution of additional 400 MW to meet the growing demand of greater Dhaka area has already been taken up.

          Necessary rules and regulations are being formulated in order to establish a National Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure safety, security of electrical system, to promote competition and efficient market conduct, to protect the interest of the consumers, investors and other stockholder's, to provide uninterrupted and reliable power supply at a reasonable price etc.

Telecommunication

          The Government of Bangladesh has adopted National Telecommunication Policy, 1998. The strategic vision of the government is to facilitate universal telephone service throughout the country and where there is a demand all those value added services such as cellular mobile telephone, paging, data services, access to internet (including electronic mail), voice mail and video conferencing all at an affordable cost without compromising performance. To achieve the vision, government's role as a service provider will diminish as the private sector's role increases. The government's objective will be to create a new policy environment to support the new scenario. Its ability to create policy, regulate and facilitate will be strengthened through a new Telecommunication Act which reflects the government's new policies, objectives and strategies and establishment of new institutions including a Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) which will become the guardian of the Act and fulfill its regulatory functions.

          By opening the telecommunication sector to competition and consolidating an independent regulatory board, private sector investment both domestic and foreign is encouraged. Private participation will improve access to and quality of both basic and value-added services which historically have remained monopolistic. Investment is encouraged through BLT/BOT/BOO/BTO and other joint venture schemes which, by greatly increasing the capacity, quality and type of services, will create improved efficiencies in other sectors such as transportation energy and the textile industry.

          The present teledensity of Bangladesh is about 0.4 telephone per 100 persons. In order to substantially eliminate the unserviced demand and increase the teledensity from 0.4 telephone to 1 telephone for every 100 persons, target for expansion of telephone penetration is fixed at 1,300,000 line units including associated inland and overseas transmission links and facilities. The aim is to lay emphasis on the efforts to upgrade the semi-urban and rural telecommunication facilities and make the telecommunication services with the latest technology available in phases to all the thanas, unions, growth centres and ultimately to the villages by the year 2005. 

          To meet the telecommunication requirements of the country the government has been developing and expanding the systems and services of BTTB. Private sector operations in the rural telecommunication, paging, cellular telephones and riverine radio trunking have  alreayd been allowed. At present 7 private operations are providing their services to about 100,000 customers. Government has allowed expading  300,000 digital telephone in Dhaka by private sector participation through open tendering.

          In accordance with overall national policy, liberalization of the telecommunications sector will continue. However, the government retains the sole authority to determine the number of competitions that are economically viable for certain services. The strategy is to provide equal and rational opportunities to all competitors.

Air transportation

          In air transport, the government has given provisional domestic air transport operating license to 6 private companies for STOL services. Seven airports have been refurbished to cater their needs. International air & cargo transport in the private sector is now allowed for operation in Bangladesh.

Electronics

        Bangladesh's experience in basic electronics spans over two decades. In recent years, European and Asian electronic firms have established technical collaboration with their Bangladeshi counterparts to produce some electronic goods at competitive prices. This has tremendous potentiality for expansion.

Light engineering industries

          Light industries in Bangladesh produce a multitude of labour intensive goods including toys consumer items, small tools and paper products for the domestic market. Further development of these industries offers various investment opportunities. Export-oriented production in light industries has gained momentum in the past few years. Entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea have taken advantage of Bangladesh's cheap and easily trainable labour and its infrastructure facilities to manufacture products for the export market.

Tourism

          With growing international interest in travelling through Asia, tourism is taking roots in Bangladesh. Bangladesh offers a variety of historically significant and culturally unique sites for tourists. Sylhet's tea gardens, Cox's Bazar sea-beach, the Royal Bengal Tiger, deer and the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world with unique bio-diversity offers tourist attractions. Ancient mosques, Buddhist monasteries, Hindu temples, monuments and other landmarks dot the countryside.

Additional hotel and resort facilities could be created for attracting tourists from home and abroad. Dhaka and Chittagong also have an unmet demand for additional hotel rooms, restaurants, entertainment and recreational facilities.

Agriculture

          Raw jute, tea, tobacco, vegetables, spices and tropical fruits are the key potential products. Agriculture is the biggest private sector operation contributing 35 of GDP. The government has gradually removed the constraints imposed by state intervention, deregulated and liberalised the markets to allow further private participation, particularly in the supply of inputs and distribution of outputs. The government has drastically reduced duties and taxes on a range of agriculture inputs. Fertilizer is exempted from customs duties and VAT. Bangladesh continues to grow about 2 percent of the world's tea in some 150 plantations in the north-east region of Sylhet. Tropical fruits and vegetables are grown seasonably and have recently begun to be exported in various forms. Tobacco farming is also well established.

Agro-based industries

        Bangladesh has the basic attributes for successful agro-based industries, namely, rich alluvial oil, a year-round frost free environment, an adequate water supply and an abundance of cheap labour. Increased cultivation of vegetables, spices and tropical fruits now grown in Bangladesh could supply raw materials to local agro-processing industries for both domestic and export market.

          Progressive agricultural practices, improved marketing techniques and modern processing facilities would enable the agro processing industry to improve its quality and expand production levels significantly.

Computer software development, data entry & data processing

        Availability of substantial number of qualified and experienced young people in various branches of engineering, science and technologies have opened up the scope of profitable investment in these sectors. Comparatively short training period and low investment have made such ventures highly profitable.
 

   
   
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