Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA)’s eight EPZ zones have achieved a record high growth rate in export by 19.66pc during the current fiscal year (FY) ended 2017-18 under the tenure of current government, reports BSS.

“476 operational enterprises have exported goods worth US$ 7,208.27 million in the recently ended fiscal year 2017-18. At the same time, the total national export of the country was $36,668.17 million. Thus, the contribution of BEPZA to the national export has reached to 19.66pc which is record high of any previous time,” a BEPZA press release said.

Meanwhile, Export target was fixed US$ 6,200 million for the FY 2017-18.  However, the enterprise of EPZs exported goods worth of US$ 7,208.27 million as per Annual Performance Agreement (APA), a yearly target based agreement signed with Prime Minister’s Office.