The first 40 km of Fairway is in the Bay of Bengal. This segment is a self-navigable channel, marked by a series of the buoys. Water depth at the bar is about 7 meter. As such, ships drawing 7.5 meters can cross the bar in all seasons and up to 8.5 meters during the wet season.

This is the main segment of the channel. The pilot station is at Hiron Point, located near a deep sheltered basin where the ship can wait for the pilot. The sailing from Hiron to Mongla is about 90 km.

The upper segment includes the turning basin and jetties of Mongla Port. Ideally, this area is dredged to create a “berthing pocket” alongside the jetty, allowing
continuous operations (cargo handling) of ships, regardless of the tide situation. About 5 km south of the port is a naturally deep basin of about 8.5 meters.

• Khulna-Mongla Railway Line: GOB already approved construction of 53km long Khulna-Mongla Railway Line to connect the country’s second seaport Mongla with the railway network. This will pave the way to connect the proposed Economic Zone with the main rail network and rest of the country.
  Expanding stock market trend.
• Legal protection to all foreign investments in Bangladesh is provided by an Act of Parliament passed in 1980 against nationalization and expropriation.
• English is the second language of the country (official language is Bangla) and widely used in business, commerce and education.
• Bangladesh’s economy has been maintaining an impressive growth rate of more than 6.14% on an average over the last 5 years.
• Trade Policy: Bangladesh enjoys duty-free and quota-free access to many developed countries. It has signed treaties with 28 countries to avoid double taxation.
• Economy offers a most liberal FDI regime in South Asia, with no prior approval requirements or limits on equity participation and repatriation of profits and income in most sectors.

PowerPac Economic Zone Mongla at a Glance

• ETP, WTP, CETP
• Entranc e Plaza
• Place of Worship
• Guest House
• Convention center

• Admin Building
• Bank
• Insurance C ompany
• Retail stores
• Warehouse

• Hospital & First Aid
• Investors Club
• Residential arrangement
• Training center
• Day Care facilities

Presence of Mongla Port adjacent to the PEZM and existing Export Processing Zone (EPZ) will provide most cost-effective and timely logistic support resulting in sustainable logistic service.

• Duty free im port of raw materials.
• Full re p a tria tio n of Capital and Dividend.
• 20% sale of the finished product to Domestic Tariff Area (DTA).
• Exemption from dividend Tax (after tax holiday elapsed).
• No ceiling of FDI.
• 50% exemption of stamp duty.
• Exemption of VAT on all utility services.
• Sub-contracting with DTA allowed.
• 50% exemption from the registration fee.
• Duty exemption on export.

• Exemption of income from IT for expatriates’.
• The foreign loan is allowed in compliance with existing laws.
• FC Account for non-residents.
• FC Account for both Local & Joint Venture (JV) industry.
• Foreign investors are free to enter in JV.
• Tax exemption on royalties, technical fees etc.
• Resident visa for the investment of USD 75,000 or more.
• Citizenship for the investment of USD 500,000 or more.

• 100% backward linkage rawmaterials and accessories to sell for EOI in DTA.
• Exemption of double taxation subject to double taxation agreement.
• Consider Export Processing Area of Economic Zone as custom bonded area.
• Tax exemption on capital gains from transfer of shares.
• Provision of transfer shares by foreign shareholders to local shareholders and investors. Domestic Tariff Area (DTA).

Level 12 Monem Business District
111, Bir Uttam C.R. Dutta Road
Karwanbazar, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
Phone : +88029632482