FACILITIES

a. Land and factory building are available on rental basis.

b. Electricity, water, gas and telecommunications are provided by the zones.

c. Import and export permits are issued by EPZ within 24 hours.

d. Work permits are issued by BEPZA.

e. EPZ is a secured and protected area.

f. Recreational facilities are available.

g. Availability of food stuff and beverage on payment of nominal tax foreigners working in EPZs.

h. Potential investors are required to deal only with BEPZA for investment and all other operational purposes.

INCENTIVES
 
Fiscal
I. Tax Exemption
 a. Tax holiday for 10 years

 b. Exemption of income tax on interest on borrowed capital.

 c. Relief from double taxation subject to bilateral agreement.

 d. Complete exemption from dividend tax for tax holiday period for foreign nationals.

 e. Exemption of income tax on salaries of foreign technicians for 3 years subject to certain conditions. 

II. Duty Free Import and Export

 a. Duty free import of machinery's, equipment and raw materials.

 b. Duty free import of three motor vehicles for use of the enterprises in EPZs under certain conditions.

c. Duty free import of materials for construction of factory buildings in the zones.

d. Duty free export of goods produced in the zones.

Non-Fiscal
I. Investment

a. All foreign investment secured by law.

b. No upper limit on extent of foreign investment.

c. Full repatriation of profit and capital permissible.

d. Repatriation of investment including capital gains, if any, permissible.

e. Remittances allowed in following cases:

f. All post tax profit and dividend on foreign Capital.

Savings from earnings, retirement benefits, personal assets of individual on retirement/termination of services. Approved royalties and technical fees. No permission required for expansion of the project or product diversification.

II. Project financing and banking
a. Off-shore banking facilities available.
b. Local and international banking facilities also wide-open.

III. Import
a. Freedom from national import policy restrictions.
b. Import of raw materials also allowed on Documentary Acceptance (DA) basis.
c. Advantage of opening back to back LC for certain types of industries for import or raw materials.
d. Import of goods from the domestic tariff area permissible.

IV. Project Implementation
Re-location of existing industries from one zone to another within the country permissible.

V. Operation
a. Sub-contracting within EPZ allowed.
b. Inter-zone and intra-zone export permitted
c. All customs formalities done at the gate site of the respective factory building within the zone.
d. Permission for import/export given in the same day.
e. Repairing and maintenance's of machinery's and capital equipment from domestic tariff area allowed.

VI. Employment
a. Liberal employment of foreign technicians/experts allowed.
b. Foreigners employed in the zones enjoy equal rights similar to those of Bangladesh nationals.
c. Law forbids formation of any labor union in the zones. Strike within the zones prohibited.

VII. Support Services
Customs office, Post Office, Medical center, Fire station, Police station etc