The Impact of United States Sanctions on the Myanmar Garment Industry


Autoria(s): Kudo, Toshihiro
Data(s)

19/10/2006

19/10/2006

01/12/2005

Resumo

The United States imposed trade sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar in July 2003. The import ban damaged the garment industry in particular. This industry exported nearly half of its products to the United States, and more than eighty percent of United States imports from Myanmar had been clothes. The garment industry was probably the main target of the sanctions. Nevertheless, the impact on the garment industry and its workers has not been accurately evaluated or closely examined. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the sanctions and to further understand the present situation. This is done using several sources of information, including the author's field and questionnaire surveys. This paper also describes the process of selection and polarization underway in the garment industry, an industry that now has more severe competition fueled by the sanctions. Through such a process, the impact was inflicted disproportionately on small and medium-sized domestic firms and their workers.

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Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 42. 2005.12

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/164

IDE Discussion Paper

42

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Myanmar (Burma) #United States #Sanction #Garment industry #Apparel industry #Economic sanctions #ミャンマー #アメリカ合衆国 #アパレル産業 #経済制裁 #589.2 #AHBR Myanmar ミャンマー #NNUS United States アメリカ合衆国 #F19 - Other #L60 - General #O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology #677
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report