Bangladesh is likely to lose $5.28 billion worth of businesses annually in the European Union in the post-LDC era because of the erosion of preferential trade benefits following the country’s graduation from the group of the least-developed countries, according to a new study.
Currently, Bangladesh enjoys tariff benefits in 38 countries as an LDC. But the duty-free trade benefit will not exist mostly once the country graduates to become a developing country in 2026 unless deals are signed to retain the support.
Goods bound for the EU market would be subjected to an 8.91 per cent tariff in the post-LDC period. As a result, 26.28 per cent of the exports to the bloc would be affected, showed the study.
Mostafa Abid Khan, a former member of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff and Commission (BTTC), presented the findings of…
