Capital goods import value reaches about $790m in about 45 days this FY

Capital goods import value reaches about $790m in about 45 days this FY
Published 29 November 2019
Zeyar Nyein

 

Myanmar has imported capital goods worth about US$790 million over a month and a half of this fiscal year, exceeding by over US$35 million compared to the same period of last fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

From October 1 to November 15 in the current 2019-2020 fiscal year, import value of capital goods reached US$787.634 million while last year’s value amounted to US$751.818 million. So, this year’s amount exceeded US$35.816 million.

From 1988 to July 2019, a total of 50 countries made 1,779 rounds of investment worth overUS$81.249billion in 12 economic sectors.

Most investments went to the oil and gas sector accounting for 27.59 percent. The electricity sector accounted for 26.07 percent and production sector 13.94 percent.

Myanmar is trying to receive a total foreign investment of over US$220 billion in 20 years and see responsible investment.

The Myanmar investment promotion project is being implemented in short- and  long-term periods—short-term period from 2016-2017 FY to 2020-2021 FY, short-term period from 2021-2022 FY to 2025-2026 FY and long-term period from 2026-2027 FY to 2035-2036 FY.