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Local content requirements for eligible products under cash incentives (export subsidies)
Product Local content requirement
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Photovoltaic modules Minimum 30%

Structure of direct and indirect tax revenue, 2011/12-2017/18
2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
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Other surchargesb 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
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b Including health development, environment safety and IT development surcharges.
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R&D investment increases and accelerates economic growth, and ensures sustainable development.(...)

(...)The Private Economic Zone Policy 2015 is in place to extend support relating to licenses, special facilities, one-stop services, permits, rights and obligations of developers, guidelines for environmental protection, protection of workers' rights. regarding these zones(...)

Bangladesh plans to establish 100 environment-friendly EZs on 30,000 hectares of land by 2030; (...)

(...)The Industrial Policy Act, 2016 provides for incentives for "green", high-tech, or "transformative" industries (...)any garment factory having green building certification is subject to a tax rate of 10%. (...)

(...)A modern energy-efficient testing laboratory was established in the BSTI Head Office, under the technical and financial assistance of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) (Germany) (Section 4.2.2.3).

Since 2010, Management System Certification (MSC) has been an important addition to the BSTI; as at July 2018, it had issued 48 different system certificates under the quality, environment and food safety management systems.

The Biosafety Rules, 2012 govern the approval process for the introduction of genetically engineered (GE) products developed domestically or by a third country. According to these Rules, all GE products must be approved before they can be imported or sold domestically. Under the Plant Quarantine Rules, 2018, genetically modified raw materials may be imported for scientific purposes only (Section 3.3.3.2).

The Food Safety (Labeling) Regulation, 2017, which was introduced in 2017 and replaced the Pure Food Rules, 1967, determines all the major aspects of food packaging and labeling. Marketing, labeling and packaging materials of genetically modified organism (GMO) food requirements are based on the Biosafety Rules.