Quite a good number of Japanese investors have applied for especially reserved factory spaces and plots in five Export Processing Zones (EPZs) encouraged by BEPZA’s (Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority) reservation of industrial plots and standard factory space for them at those locations. BEPZA and JETRO (Japan External Trade Organisation) have also signed an MoU in Tokyo where BEPZA promised to offer 40 industrial plots – 20 at Mongla EPZ and 10 each at Uttara and Iswardi EPZs to Japanese investors along with two standard factory buildings – one at Adamjeee EPZ and another at Comilla EPZ for Japanese investors who want ready space to set up factories. JETRO official in Dhaka said that many Japanese investors have already applied to BEPZA for allocation of plots and especially ‘ready to use’ factory space at Adamjee and Comilla EPZs.
