Tuesday, June 5, 2018

About CEPZ | Chattogram Export Processing Zone



Located at South Halishahar in Chittagong / Chittagong. The Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) is one of the largest EPZ in Bangladesh, established in 1983 following an Act of Parliament approved in 1980 by the Government of Bangladesh. Chattogram EPZ is the first of all the Export Processing Zones. In a survey report by the famous FDi magazine, the CEPZ was ranked third the best cost-competitiveness category and fourth as the best economic potential in the global ranking.

Chittagong / Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) Details:
Established in: 1983
Total Zone area: 453 acres (183.37 hectares)
Number of industrial plots: 501
Size of each plot: 2000 Sqm on an average
Tariff for Plot: US$ 2.20 / Sqm / year
SFB Size: 718 to 2350 Sqm
Tariff for SFB: US$ 2.75 / Sqm / month

Utility Services in CEPZ:
Water Supply: Directly from Chattogram WASA
Storage Capacity: 7.26 million liter / day
Water Tariff: BDT 37.56 per CM
Gas Supply: From Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited
Gas Tariff: BDT 8.54 per CM
Power Supply: Power Plant and PDB through own Sub-station of 11 kv, 3 phase, 50 cycles/second
Electricity Tariff: BDT 8.97 per kwh
Effluent Treatment Bill Tariff: BDT 33.24 per cubic meter

Investment:
In the fiscal year 1983-84 total investment in CEPZ was only 0.87 Million US$, in 1984-85 it was 2.47 Million US$, in 1985-86 it was 6.07 Million US$, in 1986-87 it was 12.71 Million US$, in 1987-88 it was 14.5 Million US$, in 1988-89 it was 17.22 Million US$, in 1989-90 it was 25.8 Million US$, in 1990-91 it was 47.85 Million US$, in 1991-92 it was 71.51 Million US$, in 1992-93 it was 93.56 Million US$, in 1993-94 it was 122.74 Million US$, in 1994-95 it was 150.41 Million US$, in 1995-96 it was 166.54 Million US$, in 1996-97 it was 189.42 Million US$, in 1997-98 it was 232.02 Million US$, in 1998-99 it was 268.12 Million US$, in 1999-00 it was 283.3 Million US$, in 2000-01 it was 307.61 Million US$, in 2001-02 it was 329.98 Million US$, in 2002-03 it was 372.12 Million US$, in 2003-04 it was 427.55 Million US$, in 2004-05 it was 472.86 Million US$, in 2005-06 it was 508.82 Million US$, in 2006-07 it was 541.44 Million US$, in 2007-08 it was 667.9 Million US$, in 2008-09 it was 715.12 Million US$, in 2009-10 it was 772.64 Million US$, in 2010-11 it was 858.48 Million US$, in 2011-12 it was 960.23 Million US$, in 2012-13 it was 1094.06 Million US$, in 2013-14 it was 1203.52 Million US$, in 2014-15 it was 1355.54 Million US$, in 2015-16 it was 1466.25 Million US$, in 2016-17 it was 1556.83. In the year 2017-18 (March, 2018) total investment in CEPZ was 1621.83 Million US$.

Export:
In the fiscal year 1983-84 total export from CEPZ was only 0.16 Million US$, in 1984-85 it was 4.61 Million US$, in 1985-86 it was 12.21 Million US$, in 1986-87 it was 27.47 Million US$, in 1987-88 it was 41.4 Million US$, in 1988-89 it was 57.48 Million US$, in 1989-90 it was 91.69 Million US$, in 1990-91 it was 139.67 Million US$, in 1991-92 it was 216.67 Million US$, in 1992-93 it was 343.71 Million US$, in 1993-94 it was 484.07 Million US$, in 1994-95 it was 671.05 Million US$, in 1995-96 it was 934.84 Million US$, in 1996-97 it was 1278.15 Million US$, in 1997-98 it was 1728.15 Million US$, in 1998-99 it was 2180.68 Million US$, in 1999-00 it was 2706.77 Million US$, in 2000-01 it was 3327.13 Million US$, in 2001-02 it was 3935.83 Million US$, in 2002-03 it was 4577.11 Million US$, in 2003-04 it was 5256.11 Million US$, in 2004-05 it was 6028.5 Million US$, in 2005-06 it was 6901.53 Million US$, in 2006-07 it was 7873.07 Million US$, in 2007-08 it was 8990.24 Million US$, in 2008-09 it was 10178.38 Million US$, in 2009-10 it was 11511.91 Million US$, in 2010-11 it was 13178.79 Million US$, in 2011-12 it was 15062.6 Million US$, in 2012-13 it was 17157.72 Million US$, in 2013-14 it was 19419.342 Million US$, in 2014-15 it was 21803.099 Million US$, in 2015-16 it was 24222.81 Million US$, in 2016-17 it was 26476.97 Million US$. In the year 2017-18 (March, 18) total export from CEPZ was became 28254.24 Million US$.

Employment:
In the year 1983-84 only total employment facility was 624. In 1984-85 it was 1780, in 1985-86 it was 2512, in 1986-87 it was 3240, in 1987-88 it was 3438, in 1988-89 it was 4207, in 1989-90 it was 7001, in 1990-91 it was 9364, in 1991-92 it was 14614, in 1992-93 it was 17728, in 1993-94 it was 20814, in 1994-95 it was 25111, in 1995-96 it was 30986, in 1996-97 it was 39574, in 1997-98 it was 46993, 1998-99 it was 54741, in 1999-00 it was 57707, in 2000-01 it was 68556, in 2001-02 it was 75089, in 2002-03 it was 83221, in 2002-03 it was 83221, in 2003-04 it was 85698, in 2004-05 it was 94419, in 2005-06 it was 104155, in 2006-07 it was 116984, in 2007-08 it was 123789, in 2008-09 it was 138612, in 2009-10 it was 150783, in 2010-11 it was 166452, in 2011-12 it was 176274, in 2012-13 it was 185006, in 2013-14 it was 182621, in 2014-15 it was 190815, in 2015-16 it was 196969, in 2016-17 it was 199757. In the year 2017-18 (March, 18) total employment in CEPZ was 201349.



Contact Address:
Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), South Halishahar, Chattogram
Phone: +880-31-741446, +880-31-740919
Fax: +880-31-740031
Email: epz@ctg-bd.net, gm.cepz@bepza.gov.bd

Location:
South Halishahar, 3.10 KMs from the Chittagong sea port, 5.50 KMs from the main business center in Chattpgram, 11.30 KMs from Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong.


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