BEPZA export sees record growth in last fiscal
Export of eight export processing zones of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) have seen all-time record high export of 19.66 per cent growth in the fiscal year (FY) 2017-18.
A total of 476 operational enterprises of BEPZA exported goods worth US$ 7.20 billion in the recently ended fiscal year FY18, according to the latest statistics. At the same time, the country's total national export reached $36.66 billion.
Earlier, the highest export-earning from the enterprises was $6.67 billion in FY 2015-16, and the highest contribution of BEPZA to the national export was 19.59 per cent in FY 2014-15.
According to the annual performance agreement (APA), a yearly target based agreement signed with Prime Minister's Office, the country's export target was fixed at $6.20 billion for the last fiscal. However, the eight enterprises of the export processing zones exported goods worth $7.20 billion in the previous fiscal.
Among them, Chittagong EPZ earned $2.44 billion, Dhaka EPZ $2.20 billion, Karnaphuli EPZ $0.97 billion, Adamjee EPZ $0.76 billion, Comilla EPZ $0.40 billion, Mongla EPZ $53.13 million, Ishwardi EPZ $131.42 million and Uttara EPZ $224.91 million.
Source: https://dailyasianage.com