2. 1. Full Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
2. Founder: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
3. President: Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid
4. Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina Wazed
5. Capital: Dhaka
6. Currency: Taka (৳) (BDT)
7. Time zone: GMT +6
8. Date Format: DD/MM/YYYY
9. Area: 147, 570 Square KM
10. Population: 150,039,000(8th) – 2013
11. Density: 1,033/Square KM(9th)
12. Ethnic groups: 98% Bengali+2%others
13. Official Language: Bangla + English
14. Independence from Pakistan: 16 Dec 1971
15. GDP: $153.6 Billion
16. Per capita: $1044
Short overview of Bangladesh
3. 1. In 1952 some people died for our
language.
2. In1999, UNESCO declared 21
February as An International Mother
Language Day.
History
2. In 1971 Bangladesh liberated
from Pakistan.
4. Geography & Climate
1. Bangladesh lies
between
latitudes 20° and 27°N,
and longitudes
88° and 93°E
1. Bangladesh has
more then 700
rivers. 1. Has 6 season
2. Highest Temperature:
45.1 °C
3. Lowest Temperature:
1.2 °C
6.
Economy
GDP
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013
GDP
nominal($)
84.462 B 94.733 B 104.919 B 115.387
B
153.6 B
GDP
Per capita($)
527.887 587.973 637.908 691.951 1044
# Bangladesh has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995.
7. Currency: Taka (BDT)
1.00 BDT = 0.0131666 USD
1.00 BDT = 0.00951052 EUR
1.00 BDT = 0.0839862 CNY
1.00 USD = 75.9500 BDT
1.00 EUR = 105.135 BDT
1.00 CNY = 11.9067 BDT
Economy
Currency
2 Taka is the most beautiful note in the world
8. 01. Woven Garments 38.02%
02. Knitwear 43.34%
03. Frozen Food 2.92%
04. Jute Goods 1.75%
05. Leather 1.13%
06. Raw Jute 0.95%
07. Chemical Products 1.80%
08. Tea 0.08%
09. Other 12.04%
Economy
Export products to many countries
Exports in Bangladesh increased to 3024.30 USD Million in July of 2013
9. o Electronics equipment
o Vehicle
o Arms
o Daily usable products
o Footwear etc.
o Machinery and equipment
o Chemicals
o Iron and steel
o Textiles
o Foodstuffs
o Petroleum products
o Cement
Economy
Imported Products
Imports in Bangladesh increased to 2927.20 USD Million in June of 2013
10.
• 10 years tax holidays(5 years for new
establishments)
• Concessionary tax for five years, after the first ten.
• Duty and tax free export from the zone
• Readymade factory buildings
• Available infrastructure facilities.
• Warehouse and bonded areas.
• Duty free import of machinery, raw materials,
construction materials & spare parts.
• Sale of old/scrap machineries in domestic market.
• Business and administrative support services.
• Customer clearance on site
• Sale of 10% finished product to domestic tariff area.
• Sale of 10% surplus raw materials to tariff area.
• Sale of 10% defected products to tariff area.
• Bangladeshi product enjoys GSP facilities to many EU
and American countries.
Economy
EPZ Benefits and Incentives
12. Diplomatic Relationship
• At least 4,700 Bangladeshi items
are getting zero tariff access in
China
• 2012-13, China imported from
Bangladesh about $459 goods.
• Bangladesh export $21 Billion
garments product all over the
world, among them export to
China $500 million.
Trade relationship between China Bangladesh
1975-2013
