Light Engineering :

1. Machinery Parts

2. Consumer Items

Sector Highlights

1. A growing and increasingly affluent middle class indicates demand for consumer durables.
2. There is a significant sector of cottage industries engaged in simple electronic goods.
3. Export-oriented production in light industries has gained momentum in the past few years.

Industry Outlook

Light industries in Bangladesh produce a multitude of labour intensive goods including toys, consumer items, small tools and paper products for the domestic market. Further development for these industries offers various investment opportunities. Export-oriented production in light industries has gained momentum in the past few years. Entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea have taken advantage of Bangladesh's cheap and easily trainable labour and its infrastructure facilities to manufacture products for the export market.