2. SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY Assignment on EPZ in Bangladesh Department of Textile Engineering Submitted By Name Id Md. Muhaiminul Islam 2008000400020 Md. Abdur Rahim 2008000400034 Mehebub Shuvo 2008000400004 Sajib Mazumdar 2008000400023 Setu Khandoker 2008000400043 Imam Tawhid Arif 2008000400016 Submitted To Zakir Hossain Lecture of Southeast University Submission Date : 19.12.2010
3. Introduction Export processing zones (EPZs) are specific geographic locations, physical sites, business premises, buildings and/or assigned localities that have special tax, tariff, or investment incentives and customs (duty) regimes in order to promote export oriented industry and transactions. Traditionally, EPZs include locations that house special economic zones, free trade zones, free ports, custom zones, commercial free zones, and bonded facilities/warehouses
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11. Mean wages were $0.58 per manhour in 2009 Year Gross Domestic Product US Dollar Exchange Inflation Index (2000=100) Per Capita Income (as % of USA) 1980 250,300 16.10 Taka 20 1.79 1985 597,318 31.00 Taka 36 1.19 1990 1,054,234 35.79 Taka 58 1.16 1995 1,594,210 40.27 Taka 78 1.12 2000 2,453,160 52.14 Taka 100 0.97 2005 3,913,334 63.92 Taka 126 0.95 2008 5,003,438 68.65 Taka 147
