A Feasibility Study for Investment in Cement Industry in Bangladesh by Credit Agricole Indosuez (The Bank)

This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor in Business Administration of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.The internship report has been prepared as a mandatory requirement ofBBA degree from East West Uni versity, Dhaka. The report is a product oflast three months experience in th e Credit Agricole Indosuez, (the bank) as an intemee. The report covers the Credit Agricole Indosuez, (the bank) organizational activities in brief and also the project, which has been assigned to me by the host organization to find out the total scenario of the cement industries in Bangladesh. The report is in four sections. Section one contains introduction part of the report. Section two of the report shows the overview of the organization where it covers historical background, activities of the different departments, bank's different policies related to credit facilities and management practices. Here the SWOT analysis of the bank has also been shown. During internship the bank has assigned to identify the prospective future enterprises in cement industri es sector where the bank may reliably invest. So a project has been prepared to take account of the total scenario of the cement industries of Bangladesh. Section three is on this project. Through the project, analysis on prospects of future investment policy in cement industries sector of Bangladesh has been carried out. The analysis has taken care of present and future conditions of cement industries. Also focus is on the key players of the cement industries, the volumes of cement produced, and the duty and tax policies related to cement industries. Attention has also given to growth rate of demand analyzing past trend. Analysis has also tried to identify the prospective main clients of the bank for its investment. Section four summarizes the findings and, thereafter, added the recommendations to consider. The analysis shows that future market leaders in the cement industries sector are MNC, which is combination of the following cement companies, Scancem, Lafarge and Holcim. The recommendations also show that the bank should prepare necessary policy to grab the leading players of cement industry as the cement market is going to be profitable in the coming future