Author(s)

Junhui Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Finance and Economics, Guangxi University, Nanning, China

Corresponding Author

Junhui Zhang

ABSTRACT

This paper mainly introduces the economic and trade situation of Myanmar and the basic economic situation of foreign enterprises' investment in Myanmar, which provides meaningful reference value for enterprise investment investigation. This paper first introduces the basic situation of Myanmar, such as trade volume, structure, basic trade production, etc. Secondly, introduces the basic situation of agriculture, mining, tourism, oil, natural gas and other industries, and finally introduces the current situation of Myanmar's trade, the preferential tax policies and trade-related laws and regulations promulgated by Myanmar, as well as the distribution of foreign investment in Myanmar. This paper analyzes the relationship between Myanmar's trade and Myanmar's investment, and finally analyzes the natural environmental risk, economic environmental risk, political environmental risk, infrastructure environment, social and cultural environment risk, legal environment and other related risk factors of Myanmar's trade and investment. This paper can provide meaningful reference information and guidance for multinational enterprises intending to enter Myanmar to make relevant decisions.

KEYWORDS

Myanmar, trade, investment environment, foreign direct investment, investment risk

CITE THIS PAPER

Junhui Zhang, Trade and Investment Analysis in Myanmar. Financial Engineering and Risk Management (2023) Vol. 6: 82-91. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/ferm.2023.061112.

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