Bangladeshi Business Delegation To BUSINESS IS BETTER IN BANGLADESH Indonesia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry

prepared by: MAIMUN UR RASHID MUSTAFA Executive Director INDONESIA BANGLADESH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

bangladesh: at a glance Official Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh Nationality: Bangalees as a nation and Bangladeshi as citizen. International Dialing Code: +880 Standard Time : BST (GMT +6 Hours) Capital City: Dhaka Area: 147,570 sq. km. (land: 133,910 sq km, water: 10,090 sq km) Divisions 7 - Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Barisal, Rangpur Districts 64 Subdistricts/Upazillas 488 Weekends: Friday & Saturday, some govt and non-govt offices remain open on Saturdays.  Currency: Taka (BDT, Symbol = ৳) 1000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 in notes and 5, 2, 1, .50, .25, in coins.  

bangladesh: demographics Labour Statistics Labour Force: 54 million Male: 38 million Female: 16 million (Ref: BBS) Distribution of Labor: Agriculture: 48.4 percent Industry: 24.3 percent Others: 27.3 percent   Demography Population: 15.02 crores Male : 7.635 crores Female : 7.615 crores Literacy Rate: 60% Language: Bangla (national language) spoken by 95% English is widely understood and spoken. Religion: Muslims - 86.6%, Hindus - 12.1%, Buddhists - 0.6%, Christians -0.4%, Others -0.3%.

bangladesh: economy Principal Industries: Garments & Textiles (2nd largest in the world), Tea, Ceramics, Cement, Leather, Jute (largest producer in the world), Chemical, Fertilizer, Shrimp Processing, Sugar, Paper, Electric and Electronics, Medicine, Fishing. Principal Exports: Garments, Knitwear, Frozen Shrimps, Tea, Leather and Leather products, Jute and Jute products, Ceramics, IT Outsourcing, etc. Principal Imports: Wheat, Fertilizer, Petroleum goods, Cotton, Edible Oil etc. Principal Minerals: Natural gas,oil, Coal, white clay, glass sand etc.   Recognitions: Bangladesh is one of the members of the Developing 8 and considered as the Next Eleven Economy of the world in 20 coined by Goldman Sachs. GDP: $1,314 (per capita in 2015) GDP Growth Rate (%): 6.12 (2013-2014) Export Processing Zones (EPZs): Dhaka, Uttara, Adamjee, Chittagong, Comilla, Ishwardi, Karnaphuli, and Mongla. Principal Crops: Rice, Jute, Tea, Wheat, Sugarcane, Pulses, Mustard, Potato, Vegetables.

bangladesh: tourism Places of Tourist Interest: Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Kaptai, Rangamati, Khagrachari, Bandarban, Kuakata, Bogra, Khulna, the Sundarbans, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Comilla. Airports: Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Jessore, Rajshahi, Saidpur, Barisal and Cox's Bazar

bangladesh: information technology   Country Domain: .bd Internet Penetration: 4.46 crores (29% of population) Mobile Users: 12 crores, 37 lakhs (March 2015), Mobile Penetration: 80% of the population

amazing bangladesh Cox’s Bazaar is the longest natural sandy sea beach in world 2nd largest garments exporter in the world. Largest producer of Jute (2nd largely grown vegetable fiber in the world) Sundarbans (hosted by both Bangladesh and India) has the largest mangrove forest in the world 8th largest country in the world in terms of population 4th largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population and 3rd largest Muslim majority country 7th most densely populated country and the most densely populated country in the world having more than 10 million populations Situated on the Ganges Delta, the largest delta in the world and also the largest wetland in the world

Major exports to indonesia Major Export Items in 2012-13 (In million US $): Agri-Products (3.922) Chemical products (1.892) Leather (0.244) Raw Jute (0.174) Jute goods (31.39) Knitwear (0.757) Woven garments (1.583) Others (10.86)

Major imports from indonesia Major Import Items in 2012-13 (In million US $): Vegetable products (28.003), Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (850.727), Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, sprits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (4.681), Mineral products (30.406), Products of the chemical or allied industries (37.189), Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof (31.931), Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) (0.264), Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (0.083), Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof (95.619), Textiles and textile articles (85.871), Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (0.661), Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware (2.913), Base metals and articles of base metal (26.786), Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers; and parts and accessories of such articles (12.024), Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment (16.416), Optical, photographic,cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof (0.08), Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1.083)

Major imports from indonesia Other Import Items: Steel Restaurant Franchises Betel Nut Chemicals Train Carriages

Potential Business Opportunities Traffic Management: Best practices from Jakarta via traffic management systems and designing effective systems to mitigate traffic problems using Jakarta’s similar model. Bus Lane Systems: Introducing middle lanes with footover bridges for Buses. Importing Rice especially in Crisis on a Preferential Basis through treaties. Focus on Energy such as Coal, LNG, Oil Import. Exchange of teachers, students and trainers to learn language and integrate cultural values for easier communication and fraternal bondage. Focus on Bangladesh to establish as a South Asia Hub to gain access to Eastern and North Eastern Indian States, Nepal, Myanmar and Maldives.

the trade delegation Mr. M. A . Khan Belal Mr. M. G. Mustafa Leader of the Delegation Mr. M. A . Khan Belal President, Indonesia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Area of Business : Export, Import & Distribution Position Occupation: Chairman Company : Shamrat Group of Companies Ltd. Address :55/B, Purana Paltan, Noakhali Tower, 3rd Floor, Suite #4B, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Phone/Fax: +88 01819223083 Business Line : 9561229 E-mail: makhabelal@yahoo.com Deputy Leader of the Delegation Mr. M. G. Mustafa Senior Vice President, Indonesia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Area of Business : Export, & Import Position Occupation: Managing Director Company : Union Trading Company Ltd.. Address :1st Floor, House 25, Road 4, Block F, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh Phone/Fax: +88 01712 820 932 Business Line : +88 02 9872-59 E-mail: mgmustafa1948@gmail.com

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