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Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has played a key role in the modernisation of the Bangladesh economy for the last 15 years.
Inflows of foreign direct investment
There was an inflows of $666m foreign direct investment in 2007 which raised significantly in 2008 to $1086m. As of June 2009, inflows of foreign direct investment recorded to $358m.
Inflows of foreign direct investment during 2001-2009*
Private investment statistics
| Year |
Proposed
local investment |
Proposed
foreign investment |
Total
proposed investment |
Growth
% |
| Project |
US$
m |
Project |
US$
m |
Project |
US$
m |
| 2005-2006 |
1,754 |
2,662.31 |
135 |
3,621.15 |
1,889 |
6,283.46 |
125% |
| 2006-2007 |
1,930 |
2,848.98 |
191 |
1,728.26 |
2,121 |
4,577.24 |
(-27%) |
| 2007-2008 |
1,615 |
2,833.76 |
143 |
787.39 |
1,758 |
3,621.15 |
(-21%) |
| 2008-2009 |
1,336 |
2,480.72 |
132 |
2,137.53 |
1,468 |
4,618.25 |
27% |
| 2009-2010 |
876 |
1,831.44 |
92 |
617.68 |
968 |
2,449.12 |
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Foreign and joint venture investment
In the year 2009-10 (February), there were 89 new foreign and joint venture investment projects registered to BOI which amount to $590m. The projects were invested to mainly in the service, engineering, clothing and agricultural sectors.
Sectorwise foreign and joint venture investment during 2009-2010*
Countrywise foreign and joint venture investment during 2009-2010*
| Country |
No.
of projects |
Proposed
investment (US$ m) |
| Saudi
Arabia |
3 |
478,652.17 |
| Australia |
4 |
2,036.23 |
| USA |
5 |
2,990.33 |
| Finland |
2 |
3,023.89 |
| India |
9 |
8,451.53 |
| South
Korea |
12 |
33,768.91 |
| Malaysia |
3 |
3,056.52 |
| Netherlands |
5 |
8,544.76 |
| China |
12 |
21,000.36 |
| United
Kingdom |
5 |
3,507.76 |
| Pakistan |
2 |
990.91 |
| Japan |
8 |
2,624.85 |
| Denmark |
1 |
1,217.39 |
| Sri
Lanka |
2 |
646.23 |
| Canada |
2 |
1,017.23 |
| Taiwan |
1 |
502.97 |
| Singapore |
4 |
1,929.62 |
| Turkey |
1 |
150.94 |
| Greece |
1 |
156.81 |
| Italy |
2 |
1,039.95 |
| Hong
Kong |
5 |
14,805.94 |
| Total |
89 |
590,114.91 |
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