Bangladesh has a good number of large, medium and small-sized industries in both public and private sectors based on both indigenous and imported raw materials. Among them are jute,cotton,textile,fertilizer,engineering,ship-building,steel,oil-refinery,paper,newsprint,sugar,chemicals,cement and leather. Jute industry has traditionally played an important role in the national economy. But in recent years, Ready-made Garments industry has replaced Jute as the principal export-earner for the country. Considerable progress has been attained in the past few years in industries such as leather, ceramic, shrimp, fish, pharmaceutical and frozen food.
With the development of infrastructures, supportive policies for trade and investment and comparative advantage of Bangladesh in labour-intensive industries, excellent prospects for investment exist in Bangladesh today. Industrial growth was recorded at 5% during 2001-02.Foreign investors are pouring into the country in greater numbers day by day, especially in the export processing zones having special facilities at Dhaka, Chittagong, Comilla, Mongla, Nilphamari and ishwardi.
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