Largest companies in Bangladesh | | N/A |
DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS Current account balance | | US$ -1.2 billion (2009 estimate) | Current account balance by percentage of GDP | | -1% of GDP (2009 estimate) | Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services) | | 18.4% (2010)(Data released on April 2012) | Shares in world total merchandising export | | 0.13%(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010) | Shares in world total commercial services export | | 0.03%(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010) | Total exports | | US$16.24 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate) | Export commodities | | garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood | Total imports | | US$20.17 billion (2008 estimate) | Import commodities | | machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement | Exports - major partners | | US 19.7%, Germany 16.1%, UK 9.5%, France 7.2%, Italy 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3%, Spain 4.3%, Canada 4% (2011) | Imports - major partners | | China 18.2%, India 13.5%, Malaysia 4.9% (2011) | FDI inflows | | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | US$1,086 million | US$700 million | US$913 million | | | FDI outflows | | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | US$9 million | US$29 million | US$15 million | | | Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser | | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | N/A | N/A | US$1 million | N/A | | Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010 (Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal) | | N/A(for a monthly update on M&A click here ) | Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2011 (Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal) | | N/A(for a monthly update on M&A click here ) | Best countries for doing business World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.) | | Overall ranking: 107 out of 183 countries (2010)Subcategories: Starting a business: 79 out of 183 countries Registering property: 172 out of 183 countries Paying Taxes: 93 out of 183 countries Getting credit: 72 out of 183 countries Protecting investors: 20 out of 183 countries Trading across border: 112 out of 183 countries Enforcing Contracts: 179 out of 183 countries (2010) | Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best) | | 108(2011/2012) | Index of Economic FreedomWSJ and Heritage Foundation | | Ranking: 130 Score: 53.2 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)(100=totally free 0=totally repressed ) |

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