20 January 2023
The number of arrested cases during the one-year period from 2022 January to December was 4,232 and estimated amount of seized illegal merchandise was Ks-65.056 billion, and the number of arrested cased during the one-year period from 2021 January to December was 2,240 and estimated amount of seized illegal goods was Ks-8.459 billion. A comparison between the two years showed that the increase in the number of arrested cased was 1,992 and he increase in the estimated amount of seizures was Ks-56.607 billion, according to the Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Vice-Senior General Soe Win.
The Vice-Senior General made this comment during the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee meeting 1/2023 held at the Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw.
The Nay Pyi Taw Council, region and state illegal trade eradication special task forces are to eradicate illegal trade measures to some extent and took action under the law in one-year period, the Vice-Senior General said.
According to the trade bulletion 10/2022 related to export and import process issued by the Department of Trade, number of applying import licence declined at Myawady Border trade zone in December 2022 due to the plan to allow the importation based on incomes from export or other earnings at the Myanmar-Thai border trade. However, it was verified that number of cargo trucks entering Myawady from the friendship bridge of other country did not remarkably decline, he added.
As such, conclusions can be made that the commodities which need application for import licence are still flowing nto the country through illegal ways, he continued.
The Vice-Senior General continued to say that as supply and demand depends on the market, it is difficult to control them.
But the Vice-Senior General urged responsible departments to strive for gaining progress in transparency, trade and customs measures.
