BEPZA’s investment & export boost up by 12.17pc & 11.72pc

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Business Desk :
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA)’s Investment has mounted to 12.17percent and export jumped by 11.72percent in the first six months of 2014-15 fiscal compare to the same period of the last fiscal.
US$ 213.39 million actual investment has been added during July-December period of the current fiscal by the 437 operational and 123 under implementation enterprises of 8 EPZs in the country. This figure was $190.23 million during the same period of 2013-14 fiscal.
Investment inflow increased by 12.17 percent in the first half of the current FY compared to the same period of last fiscal. The cumulative investment stands at US$ 3401.46 million up to December 2014. Of which $72.99 million in Chittagong EPZ, Dhaka EPZ $48.80 million, Karnaphuli EPZ $30.69 million, Adamjee EPZ $32.17 million, Comilla EPZ $10.17 million, Uttara EPZ $10.71 million, Ishwardi EPZ $4.46 million and Mongla EPZ $3.42 million.
In the mean time, goods worth $ 2902.68 million have been exported by the operational industries of EPZs under BEPZA in the first half of the fiscal 2014-15. It was $2598.56 million during the same period of the previous FY, which shows export increases by 11.72 percent.
 Of them, enterprises of Chittagong EPZ exported worth of $1191.48 million, Dhaka EPZ $928.68m, Karnaphuli EPZ $309.44m, Adamjee EPZ $219.30m, Comilla EPZ $125.52m, Mongla EPZ $44.29m, Ishwardi EPZ $51.79m and Uttara EPZ $32.22 million.
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