{"id":26608,"date":"2025-01-28T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=26608"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:10:56","slug":"epz-attracted-29-of-total-fdi-last-fiscal-year-bepza-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=26608","title":{"rendered":"EPZ attracted 29% of total FDI last fiscal year: BEPZA Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Correspondent<br>BEPZA Executive Chairman, Major General Abdul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman revealed this at a press conference at BEPZA Complex in the capital on Monday.<br>Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) has contributed 29 percent of total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of the country in the fiscal year 2023-24.<br>BEPZA Executive Chairman, Major General Abdul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman revealed this at a press conference at BEPZA Complex in the capital on Monday. He said BEPZA exported US $ 7.07 billion which is 16 percent of total 44.47 billion export income in FY 2023-24.<br>Despite different challenges due to different global issues, BEPZA signed with 28 foreign companies to invest $568.49 million in Bangladesh, he added.<br>A total of 38 countries invested in Export Processing Zones under BEPZA.<br>Among these companies, 108 are Chinese, 61 South Korean, 29 Japanese, 19 Indian, 19 UK, US 17, 7 Sri Lankan. BEPZA member investment Md. Ashraful Kabir in a presentation highlighted achievement and future plans. He showed that in these EPZs 48 percent diversified products are being produced. Since the inception, BEPZA has deposited Tk 1215.94 crore in the treasury till December 2024.<br>BEPZA members Engineer Md. Imtiaz Hossain, ANM Foyzul Haque and BEPZA Director public relations ASM Anwar pervez also spoke at the event.<br>\"A total of 38 countries invested in Export Processing Zones under BEPZA. Among these companies, 108 are Chinese, 61 South Korean, 29 Japanese, 19 Indian, 19 UK, 17 US and 7 are Sri Lankan,\" he mentioned.<br>The executive chairman, however, said domestic and foreign investors are already approaching BEZPA to invest at the EPZ areas.<br>\"Recently, a foreign company proposed a $150 million investment, and investors are showing interest in manufacturing solar panel components and chemicals,\" he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff CorrespondentBEPZA Executive Chairman, Major General Abdul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman revealed this at a press conference at BEPZA Complex in the capital on Monday.Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) has contributed 29 percent of total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of the country in the fiscal year 2023-24.BEPZA Executive Chairman, Major General Abdul Kalam Mohammad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,110],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-26608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-economy-business","tag-47"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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