The State Administration Council formed the Assessment and Reporting Committee to access the necessary measures that may contribute to the establishment of trade zones and border checkpoints close to border lines in the same manner of the neighbouring countries; to facilitate officials in their attempts to check and control export and import processes, and immigration measures and eradicate illegal trade; to lessen the unmatching of trading lists between the checkpoints of the two countries while enhancing trade cooperation with neighbouring countries; and to establish trade zones and border checkpoints in line with international standards.
Of the border trade zones in Myanmar, some of them are far away from border lines and the existence of towns and villages between the border lines and the border checkpoints can enable illegal trade routes storing the commodities. Moreover, the commodities being used by the locals living in towns and villages between border lines and trade zones are not included in the import lists but there are not same the export lists from other countries. Therefore, the international-standard trade zones and border checkpoints will be established near border lines in the same manner of the neighbouring countries.
Source: MWD (15-9-2023)
- The State Administration Council formed the Assessment and Reporting Committee regarding the establishing of international-standard trade zones and border checkpoints near border lines in the same manner of the neighbouring countries.