What Is the Export Process like in Myanmar?

Exports from Myanmar are controlled by the Customs Department of the Ministry of Planning and Finance (“Customs”). Customs is responsible for assessing and collecting applicable taxes on exports and carrying out other regulatory and law enforcement responsibilities relating to exports.

In order to clear Customs, exports must be accompanied by a customs declaration and required accompanying documents. All exports must be cleared through Customs’ MACCS system.

Required accompanying documents include:

An export license / export permit

If Non-license

Company registration certificate including Form VI, XXVI

Exporter registration certificate (Pa-Tha-Kha)

Invoice

Packing list

Sales contract

Shipping instruction

Booking note

Others required documents such as Consumer goods FDA recommendation (Food and Drug Administration), Plants, Flowers, Seeds Phytosanitary Certificate from the Plant Quarantine Division under the Department of Agriculture, Dangerous Cargo Storage Recommendation from the Ministry of Home Affairs

Generally, the customs declaration and supporting documents must be submitted to Customs prior to the export of the goods.

Buyer/Seller Relation

Upon the deposit, exporters order from local farmers/wholesalers. They were then delivered to the Yangon Industrial Zone.

Mung beans are processed according to the buyer’s requirement (mung beans are exported as raw, gravity cleaned, sorted, or double sorted).

Exporters then arrange logistics/cargo for shipment. Once the full payment is received, exporters load the goods.