Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has achieved a remarkable growth both in investment and export during the first half of the current fiscal year.
Investment grew 12.17% while export 11.72% in the first six months of 2014-15 fiscal year compare to the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to BEPZA.
Some US$213.39m actual investment has been added during the period by the 437 operational and 123 under implementation enterprises of eight Export Processing Zones (EPZs).
This figure was $190.23m during the same period of last fiscal year when investment inflow increased by 12.17% compared to the corresponding period a year ago. Among the total investment, $72.99m has been made in Chittagong EPZ followed by Dhaka EPZ $48.8m, Karnaphuli EPZ $30.69m, Adamjee EPZ $32.17m, Comilla EPZ $10.17m, Uttara EPZ $10.71m, Ishwardi EPZ $4.46m and Mongla EPZ $3.42m. The cumulative investment stood at $3.5bn up to December 2014.
Goods worth about $3bn have been exported by the operational industries of EPZs under BEPZA in the first half of the fiscal year 2014-15. It was around $2.6bn during the same period of the previous fiscal year, which shows an increase of 11.72%.
In the first half of the current fiscal year the enterprises of Chittagong EPZ has exported goods worth of $1.2bn, Dhaka EPZ $928.68m, Karnaphuli EPZ $309.44m, Adamjee EPZ $219.3m, Comilla EPZ $125.52m, Mongla EPZ $44.29m, Ishwardi EPZ $51.79m and Uttara EPZ $32.22m.
