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Myanmar's apparel industry in the new international environment : prospects and challenges Kudo, Toshihiro 44537 589.2 JEL:F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade JEL:J39 - Other JEL:L67 - Other Consumer Nondurables: Myanmar Apparel industry Myanmar (Burma) Apparel International market Export Sanctions Economic growth application/pdf IDP000430_001 Myanmar’s apparel industry had long been denied access to Western markets due to sanctions against its military government. The birth of a "civilian" government in March 2011 improved Myanmar’s relations with the international community, and Western sanctions were largely lifted. Regained market access is expected to trigger rapid growth of Myanmar’s apparel exports. This paper examines this impact with a comparison to Vietnam’s apparel industry. The industry’s prospects are getting bright, but the business environment has recently changed drastically in Myanmar. A new challenge for Myanmar’s apparel industry is remaining globally competitive. This paper also examines advantages and disadvantages that apparel firms in Myanmar experience. Although its abundance of low-wage workers remains a source of competitiveness, Myanmar needs its government to play a more active role to build the foundation of the industry. technical report Institute of Developing Economies　(IDE-JETRO) 2013-09-01 VoR application/pdf IDE Discussion Paper 430 IDE Discussion Paper https://ir.ide.go.jp/record/37745/files/IDP000430_001.pdf https://doi.org/10.20561/00037740 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1282 https://ir.ide.go.jp/records/37745 eng ミャンマー Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp