Average estimate of the Gross District Product revealed that absolute volume of  the non-coastal was approximately close to the coastal.  CCINE estimates for the  periods 1995-96 to 1999-2000. Coastal and non-coastal Gross District Product  was  rising  over the years. Comparing 1995-96 with 1999-2000, it was  estimated that  Gross  District Product was 1.23 times higher for both regions. In  this respect,  this could be termed as the “Parallel Shift”. So, coastal region is of  high  importance in value  addition to GDP. Comparison of intra-coastal  districts reveals that Chittagong is placed in a far better off position in terms of  value addition to GDP as compared to other districts.