Investment Incentives
The following lists include incentives and facilities available for investors, as publicized by the Bangladesh Board of Investment (BOI): http://www.epzbangladesh.org.bd/
Fiscal Incentives
- 10 years tax holiday
- Duty free import of construction materials
- Duty free import of machineries, office equipment & spare parts etc.
- Duty free import and export of raw materials and finished goods
- Relief from double taxation
- Exemption from dividend tax
- GSP facility available
- Accelerated depreciation on machinery or plant allowed
- Remittance of royalty, technical and consultancy fees allowed
- Duty & quota free access to EU, Canada, Norway, Australia etc.
Non – Fiscal Incentives
- 100% foreign ownership permissible
- Enjoy MFN (most favored nation) status
- No ceiling on foreign and local investment
- Full repatriation of capital & dividend
- Foreign Currency loan from abroad under direct automatic route
- Non-resident Foreign Currency Deposit (NFCD) Account permitted
- Operation of FC account by ‘B’ and ‘C’ type Industries allowed.
Facilities
- No UD, IRC, ERC and renewal of Bond license
- Work permits issued by BEPZA
- Secured and protected bonded area
- Off-Shore banking available
- Import on Documentary Acceptance (DA) basic allowed
- Bank of Back L/C
- Operation of FC account by ‘B’ and ‘C’ type Industries allowed.
- Import from DTA (Domestic Tariff
- 10% sale to DTA (Domestic Tariff Area)
- Customs clearance at factory site
- Simplified sanction procedure
- Sub-contracting with export oriented Industries inside and outside EPZ allowed
- Relocation of foreign industries allowed
- Accords Residency and Citizenship
- One Window same day service and simplified procedure.
