Myanmar

Goods Imports: CIF, by origin

Goods Exports: FOB, by last known destination

Trade System: General

Overview:
In 2010, the value of merchandise exports of Myanmar was 7.6 bln US$, while its merchandise imports was 4.2 bln US$ (see graph 1, table 2
and table 3). The merchandise trade balance recorded a moderate surplus of 3.5 bln US$ (see graph 1). The largest merchandise trade balance
was with MDG South-eastern Asia at 1.7 bln US$ (see graph 4). Merchandise exports in Myanmar were moderately concentrated amongst
partners; imports were also moderately concentrated. The top 4 partners accounted for 80 percent or more of exports and 6 partners accounted
for 80 percent or more of imports (see graph 5). In 2011, the value of exports of services of Myanmar increased substantially by 68.6 percent,
reaching 612.0 mln US$, while its imports of services increased substantially by 38.2 percent and reached 1.1 bln US$ (see graph 2). There
was a moderate trade in services deficit of 478.2 mln US$.

Graph 1: Total merchandise trade, by value

Graph 2: Total services trade, by value

(Bln US$ by year)

(Bln US$ by year)

Exports Profile:
"Mineral fuels, lubricants" (SITC section 3), "goods classified chiefly by
material" (SITC section 6) and "food, animals + beverages, tobacco" (SITC
section 0+1) were the largest commodity groups for exports in 2010
representing respectively 38.5, 25.3 and 18.7 percent of exported goods
(see table 2). In 2010, the largest export commodity was "petroleum
gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons" (HS code 2711) (see table 1).
The top three destinations for merchandise exports were Thailand,
China, Hong Kong SAR and India, accounting for respectively 41.7, 21.1
and 12.6 percent of total exports. "Travel" (EBOPS code 236) accounted
for the largest share of exports of services in 2011 at 280.6 mln US$,
followed by "Transportation" (EBOPS code 205) at 173.8 mln US$ and
"Other business services" (EBOPS code 268) at 111.1 mln US$ (see
graph 3).

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Graph 3: Exports of services by EBOPS category

(% share in 2011)

Transportation
( 28.4 %)

Travel ( 45.9 %)

Remaining ( 2.4 %)
Gov. services,
n.i.e. ( 5.1 %)

Other business
( 18.2 %)

Table 1: Top 10 export commodities 2008 to 2010

HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007

All Commodities............................................................................................................
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons......................................................
7103 Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones...............................
0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split......................
4403 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood................................
0302 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets....................................................................
4001 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle..................................................
1006 Rice................................................................................................................................
6203 Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers.........................................
0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not............................................................................
6205 Men's or boys' shirts.....................................................................................................

2008

Value (million US$)

2009
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Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade

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7 625.2
2 936.0
1 864.0
889.9
553.9
204.5
194.9
156.3
85.2
79.7
70.5

Unit value
2008 2009 2010
Unit

0.5

US$/kg

1.0
544.4
1.3
2.8
0.3
7.1
3.5
4.1

US$/kg
US$/m3
US$/kg
US$/kg
US$/kg
US$/unit
US$/kg
US$/unit

SITC
code
343
667
054
247
034
231
042
841
036
841

Myanmar
Services Imports and Exports: EBOPS 2002 categories

Table 2: Merchandise exports by SITC

Table 3: Merchandise imports by SITC

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

Avg. Growth rates

2006-2010 2009-2010

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SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
3
5
6
7
8

100.0
18.7
11.7
38.5
0.0
25.3
0.1
5.3
0.3

4 164.3
174.4
207.0
934.2
476.4
1 122.0
1 142.8
107.7

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(Bln US$ by MDG Regions in 2010)

Trade balance

Graph 6: Imports of services by EBOPS category

(% share in 2011)
Transportation
( 68.9 %)

Remaining ( 2.2 %)
Travel ( 11.3 %)

Other business
( 17.6 %)

Exports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.241)

Top
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Imports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.171)

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(Cumulative share by ranked partners in 2010)

Exports

Developed AsiaPacific
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
Southeastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
SubSaharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Southeastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania

SITC
Code
Description
Total All commodities
0+1 Food, animals + beverages, tobacco
2+4 Crude materials + anim. & veg. oils
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants
5 Chemicals
6 Goods classified chiefly by material
7 Machinery and transport equipment
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
9 Not classified elsewhere in the SITC

2010
share

Graph 5: Partner concentration of merchandise trade

Graph 4: Merchandise trade balance

Imports

Avg. Growth rates

2006-2010 2009-2010

2010

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7 625.2
1 427.3
894.4
2 936.0
1.8
1 930.0
4.0
406.5
25.2

2010
share

60

2010

SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
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5
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SITC Legend

Imports Profile:
Machinery and transport equipment (SITC section 7), "goods classified
chiefly by material" (SITC section 6) and "mineral fuels, lubricants" (SITC
section 3) were the largest commodity groups for imports in 2010
representing respectively 27.4, 26.9 and 22.4 percent of imported goods
(see table 3). In 2010, the largest import commodity was "petroleum oils,
other than crude" (HS code 2710) (see table 4). The top three partners for
merchandise imports were China, Singapore and Thailand, accounting for
respectively 27.1, 27.0 and 11.4 percent of total imports. "Transportation"
(EBOPS code 205) accounted for the largest share of imports of services in
2011 at 750.7 mln US$, followed by "Other business services" (EBOPS code
268) at 192.4 mln US$ and "Travel" (EBOPS code 236) at 123.4 mln US$
(see graph 6).

Table 4: Top 10 import commodities 2008 to 2010

HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007

All Commodities............................................................................................................
2710 Petroleum oils, other than crude...................................................................................
8429 Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers...........................
8905 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes and other vessels........................
1511 Palm oil and its fractions...............................................................................................
3004 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06)..............................
5514 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres......................................................................
3902 Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms.........................................
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron)..................
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement.......................................................
7308 Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06).................................

2008

Value (million US$)

2009
2010

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Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade

4 164.3
913.6
196.8
168.9
167.7
160.1
129.3
106.4
95.8
91.4
74.1

Unit value
2008 2009 2010
Unit

SITC
code

US$/kg
334
0.7
3.2 thsd US$/unit 723
337.7 thsd US$/unit 793
US$/kg
422
0.8
US$/kg
542
6.3
US$/kg
653
4.8
US$/kg
575
1.2
US$/kg
679
1.1
US$/kg
661
0.1
US$/kg
691
2.1