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Proposed budget to encourage fridge assemblers, raise import, full-fledged local industry at stake

by Tech and Teen June 12, 2022
written by Tech and Teen June 12, 2022
Proposed budget to encourage fridge assemblers, raise import, full-fledged local industry at stake

In line with the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, tariffs on import of spare parts at the local refrigerator and freezer production industry have been significantly cut down.

Industry insiders believed that the cut in import duties will give a further boost to the local fridge assembling industry which will hinder the government’s plans to cut overall imports of the country. Apart from, investments in the local full-fledged refrigerator and freezer manufacturing industry will be at stake.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presented the 2022-23 fiscal year’s budget proposal in the parliament on Thursday last (June 9).
In his budget speech and post-budget press conference, the finance minister said, ‘We are discouraging imports of products that are locally manufactured. If the products that are produced in the country are used by us, the local production should be further increased. We do not want to see these products imported from abroad. Doing this, we will take the concept of ‘Made in Bangladesh’ forward.’ But the sector related sources say, there is no reflection in the budget proposal given to the local fridge manufacturing.
Immediately with the budget proposals, the Internal Resource Division of Finance Ministry issued a SRO. In the SRO, tariff on import of spare parts are fixed at two categories of local refrigerator and freezer manufacturing industry. According to the SRO, a company will be considered as Category-1 refrigerator manufacturer industry if it produces main parts and one or more some important parts of the refrigerator. The industry that produces only the body cabinet of refrigerator will be considered as Category-2 refrigerator and freezer manufacturing industry.
In this way, there are no difference between the full-fledged manufacturing and assembling industry. As a result, huge investment in setting up full-fledged manufacturing industry will be discouraged. Local entrepreneurs will be more interested in setting up assembling plants instead of a full-fledged manufacturing based one. Thus, the country will lose the opportunity to create huge amount of employment. On the contrary, import costs will increase. It will cost a huge amount of foreign currency. Which is in conflict with the government’s industrial support policy and the finance minister’s budget speech. This will encourage the assembling based industry instead of the full-fledged manufacturing industry in refrigerator. The concerned people have expressed the view that the matter needs to be reconsidered.
According to the country’s economists and stakeholders, local assemblers at the refrigerator manufacturing stage will be benefited from the budget proposal. In this context, import of spare parts in the assembling based domestic refrigerator producing industry would be increased, which is contrary to the implementation of the government’s plan to reduce country’s import.
Industry insiders and experts noted that Bangladesh is now self-sufficient in refrigerator production. The country’s electronics and technology industry has moved towards productivity with the help of industry-friendly policies and tax assistance provided by the National Board of Revenue and the government. At present, a number of full-fledged local electronics manufacturing industries have been developed in the country. The local entrepreneurs made huge investment in setting manufacturing-oriented industry. These industries are now making finished fridge and all other essential parts in the country. Major portion of the domestic market have been captured by the locally finished goods. Also, local industries made products are being exported to many countries of the world. The ‘Made in Bangladesh’ tagged local industries produced refrigerator is getting wide acclaim in the world market.
When the refrigerator and electronics industry in Bangladesh is moving towards full productivity, it should not be encouraged the assembling industries in this sector.
Dhaka University’s Professor of the Economics Department Md. Iftekhar Hossain said that, policy and duty supports should not be given to the assemblers in the sectors in which the full-fledged manufacturing industry have been developed and they have the ability to meet the local market demands.
Economist Abu Ahmed said the government has always give importance on boosting the domestic industries. It is also good for the country’s economy. However, the decision has to be made to give benefits according to the production volume. If the finished product producers are contributing more than the amount of production in the assembling industry, then the producer benefits should be increased.
Jagannath University Professor of Economics Md. Ainul Islam said, the government wants to promote ‘Made in Bangladesh’. The attitude of the government is that produce for the country, produce within the country. This will create employment in the country. It is better to give opportunity and importance to producers of all levels. However, in some cases, policies are needed to ensure that the productivity of some products and self-sufficient producers can be created in the country. In this case, some issues should be in the plan of the government.
He said, since the government is inviting new manufacturers in the domestic compressor and refrigerator manufacturing industry, it means that the government is giving special importance to this sector. However, those who are self-sufficient must be given priority.
According to the concerned, the government is giving a lot more to the entrepreneurs in the full-fledged electronics and technology products sector of the country. As a result, local and foreign investment is increasing, employment and domestic production are increasing, import expenditure is decreasing. On the contrary, export income is increasing. Which is contributing to the revenue sector. On the other hand, giving tax concessions to the assembling industry in this sector will increase the number of assemblers instead of the actual producers, as well as increase the import of spare parts and increase the foreign exchange expenditure of the country. As a result, the steps taken by the government to reduce the import cost of the country will be challenged.

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