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Non-Fiscal
I.
Investment
a.
All foreign investment
secured by law.
b.
No upper limit on extent of
foreign investment.
c.
Full repatriation of profit
and capital permissible.
d.
Repatriation of investment
including capital gains, if
any, permissible.
e.
Remittances allowed in
following cases:
f.
All post tax profit and
dividend on foreign Capital.
Savings
from earnings, retirement
benefits, personal assets of
individual on
retirement/termination of
services. Approved royalties
and technical fees. No
permission required for
expansion of the project or
product diversification.
II.
Project financing and
banking
a. Off-shore banking
facilities available.
b. Local and international
banking facilities also
wide-open.
III.
Import
a. Freedom from national
import policy restrictions.
b. Import of raw materials
also allowed on Documentary
Acceptance (DA) basis.
c. Advantage of opening back
to back LC for certain types
of industries for import or
raw materials.
d. Import of goods from the
domestic tariff area
permissible.
IV.
Project Implementation
Re-location of existing
industries from one zone to
another within the country
permissible.
V.
Operation
a. Sub-contracting within
EPZ allowed.
b. Inter-zone and intra-zone
export permitted
c. All customs formalities
done at the gate site of the
respective factory building
within the zone.
d. Permission for
import/export given in the
same day.
e. Repairing and
maintenance's of machinery's
and capital equipment from
domestic tariff area
allowed.
VI.
Employment
a.
Liberal employment of
foreign technicians/experts
allowed.
b. Foreigners employed in
the zones enjoy equal rights
similar to those of
Bangladesh
nationals.
c. Law forbids formation of
any labor union in the
zones. Strike within the
zones prohibited.
VII.
Support Services
Customs office, Post Office,
Medical center, Fire
station, Police station etc
DHAKA
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE AND
CHITTAGONG
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
DHAKA
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
Location: Savar
35 km from Dhaka city center
25 km from
Zia
International
Airport
, Dhaka
Zone Area: 58 hectares (142
acres)
Land
Total number of plots: 100
Size of each plot: 2000 M2
Tariff: US $ 1.50/M2/year
Standard
Factory
Building
Space:
72,000 M2 in 16 blocks
Tariff: US $ 2.00/M2/month
Warehouse
Space:
2,300 M2
Tariff: US $ 2.00/M2/month
Utility
Services
Water supply: CEPZ gets
water from Chittagong WASA
Storage Capacity: 45, 20,000
litters/day
Tariff: Tk. 13.56 per M3
Power Supply: 11 kV, 3
phases, and 50 cycles
Tariff: Tk. 2.86 per kWh
(Industrial use)
Gas supply: 1, 36,000 M3/day
or 5,667 M3/hour
Tariff: Tk 3.64 per M3
(Industrial use)
CHITTAGONG
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
Location: 2.40
km from Chittagong Sea Port
5.63 km from the main
business center of
Chittagong
7.24 km from the Chittagong
International Airport
Zone Area: 255 hectares (630
acres)
Land
Total
number of plots (planned):
430
Size of each port: 2044 M2
Tariff: US $ 1.50/M2/year
Standard
Factory
Building
Space: 39,000 M2 in 16
blocks
Tariff: US $ 2.00/M2/month
Utility
Services
Water
supply: DEPZ gets water from
its own water supply system
Tariff: Tk. 13.56 per M3
Power Supply: 11 kV, 3
phases, and 50 cycles
Tariff: Tk. 2.70 per kWh
(Industrial use)
Gas supply: DEPZ gets gas
from the Titas Gas Field
Tariff: Tk 3.64 per M3
(Industrial use)
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