Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- All players on the export front are not getting equal treatment in their access to the indirect incentives, though those regulatory facilities cost the government billions in the form of 'tax exemption.'

The government provides the export-oriented industries the regulatory incentives including bonded warehousing, duty drawback and credit support from the Export Development Fund (EDF) of the central bank at a cheap rate to boost their shipments.

But the people well versed in the discourse told the FE that the incentives given by the government failed to yield the optimum benefit due to lack of a level-playing field for all on the export front.

They said the modern warehousing automation standards and global best pra...