Textile:

Sector Highlights:

•  The fastest growing industry in Bangladesh with RMG accounting for more than 75% of total exports.

•  Bangladesh is best placed in the region for textiles and garments because of cheap labor and trade status with the EU.

•  Government incentives for the spinning and weaving industries include a 15% cash subsidy of the fabric cost to exporters sourcing fabrics locally.

•  There is a huge fabric demand supply gap in the RMG industry which is being me by imports. Thus the potential for backward linkage industry is enormous

RMG and Backward Linkage:

The phenomenal growth in RMG was experienced in the last decade. With about 2,600 factories and a workforce of 1.4 million, RMG jointly with knitwear accounted for more than 70% of total investments in the manufacturing sector during the first half of the 1990's.

Electronics:

1. Semi-Conductor
2. Cell Phone Assembly
3. Other Electronics

Sector Highlights

1. Manufacturing of semi-conductors could be established as a potential cottage industry.
2. Bangladesh is going to be the largest cell-phone market in South Asia .

Information Technology:

1. Data Processing
2. Software Development

Sector Highlights 

1. Investment is mostly confined to information processing.
2. Bangladesh has a cheaper and rapidly growing IT workforce.
3. Government is keen in establishing IT related infrastructure for the development of the industry.

Natural Gas-based Industries:

1. Electricity
2. Fertilizer
3. Petro-chemicals

Sector Highlights 

1. Bangladesh has a substantial gas reserve of about 20 trillion cubic feet (tcf)
2. There is a huge demand for fertilizer in Bangladesh as the agriculture is the principal sector of the economy.

Frozen Foods:   

Sector Highlights :

1. Government is promoting semi-intensive shrimp farming.
2. Fish and prawn exports grew at an average 20% in the past decade.
3. Shrimp processing and export industry is largely dominated by the smaller unorganized sector.

Leather:

    a. Finished Leather
    b. Leather Goods

Sector Highlights:  

1. The labor-intensive leather industry is well suited to Bangladesh having cheap and abundant labor.
2. Bangladesh has a domestic supply of good quality raw material, as hides and skins are a by-product of large livestock industry.
3. Adequate government support in the form of tax holidays, duty free imports of raw materials and machinery for export-oriented leather market
4. The industry lacks domestic technology and expertise and local support industries such as chemicals are still under-developed.

Ceramic :

• Tableware
• Sanitaryware
• Insulator
  
  Sector Highlights

1. Bangladesh has a skilled manpower in ceramic industry.
2. Historically, tableware industry is labor-intensive.
3. The clean gas reserve required for firing is a great competitive advantage for Bangladesh .

Agro-based Industry:

1. Canned Juice / Fruit
2. Dairy and Poultry

Sector Highlights

1. Bangladesh has a huge supply of raw materials for the agro-based industry.
2. Fruits and vegetable production has increased significantly in recent years.
3. Government and NGOs have been conducting regular training programs in developing a skilled manpower for this industry.