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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 6 Domestic vs. foreign firms: few selected issues: Bangladesh

From: Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers: a firm-level analysis of Bangladesh in comparison with Vietnam

Industry

Domestic firms

Foreign Firms

National sales (% of total sales)

Export (% of total sales)

Domestic input (% of total input)

Foreign input (% of total input)

No. of full-time workers

National sales (% of total sales)

Export (% of total sales)

Domestic input (% of total input)

Foreign input (% of total input)

No. of full-time workers

Food and tobacco

88.4

11.6

90.6

9.4

95

95.0

5.0

50.0

50.0

270

Textile and garments

36.6

63.4

57.6

42.4

505

10.6

89.4

39.9

60.1

1120

Leather

62.1

37.9

83.2

16.8

116

8.9

91.1

42.2

57.8

1399

Wood

100.0

0.0

82.6

17.4

21

     

Paper and printing

93.8

6.2

76.7

23.3

100

     

Refined petroleum

99.5

0.5

100.0

0.0

494

100.0

0.0

  

35

Chemical

95.4

4.6

56.7

43.3

345

86.3

13.7

26.5

73.5

655

Rubber and plastic

95.5

4.5

58.4

41.6

79

     

Non-metallic mineral

97.7

2.3

78.7

21.3

99

0.0

100

  

144

Basic metal and fabricated metal

98.5

1.5

74.8

25.2

57

     

Machinery

98.2

1.8

69.2

30.8

42

0.0

100

0.0

100.0

109

Electric and electronic

94.5

5.5

52.4

47.6

66

33.3

66.7

18.3

81.7

189

Transport machine

93.8

6.2

69.4

30.6

60

50.0

50.0

5.0

95.0

168

Furniture, recycling

95.2

4.8

56.3

43.7

92

74.5

25.5

18.3

81.7

279

Construction

100.0

0.0

  

63