The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
The Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
Notification No. (1 / 2015)th

The 12 Waxing of Wagaung, 1377 M.E.
th

(27 August, 2015)
In exercise of the power conferred under sub-section (a) of section 95 of
the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, the Ministry of National Planningand Economic Development hereby issues these rules with the approval of theUnion Government:
Chapter I
Title and Definition
1.

These rules shall be called the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Rules.

2.

The expressions contained in these rules shall have the same meaning asprescribed in the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law. Moreover, the following
expressions shall have the meanings given hereunder:(a)

Law means the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, 2014;(b)

Authorized Operations means operations relating to businesses forthe establishment of the Special Economic Zone, construction
business for the development of infrastructure within the Special
Economic Zone and operations of their businesses or businesses
relating to the repair and maintenance works within the Special
Economic Zone permitted by the Management Committee;

(c)Business means the investment business operated in the Special
Economic Zone with permission of the Management Committee;(d)Capital Goods means any plant, machinery, equipment oraccessories required for manufacturing or production of goods,
either directly or indirectly, in which either goods or services areincluded, such as, construction works for the development of theSpecial Economic Zone, replacement, modernization, technologicalupgrade or expansion, change of materials, packaging machineryand equipment, machinery and instruments for testing and research;(e)

One Stop Service Centre (OSSC) means a centre which is formedby the Management Committee of the Special Economic Zone withthe relevant departments to issue permits for investment within theSpecial Economic Zone, to carry out registration of company,
issuance of entry visa relating to business, issuance of certificate oforigin, tax collection process, issuance of work permit andpermission for construction of factory and issuance of licenses andpermits forother investment and business within the Special

Economic Zone. ;(f)

Proposal means an application submitted by an investor or adeveloper to the Management Committee of the Special Economic
Zone to get the permit for an intended investment;(g)

Domestic Tariff Area means internal taxation area of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar;

(h)Authorized Customs Officers means the customs officer attached to
the One Stop Service Centre (OSSC) of the Special Economic Zone.

(i)

Specified Customs Officer means the Head of Authorized Customs
Officers who are attached to the One Stop Service Center of theSpecial Economic Zone;(j)

Raw Material means required materials which are used for the
production of goods, in the form of, natural or

unprepared or

unrefined. Furthermore, materials or goods which are required to
produce finished goods, required finished goods or semi-finishedgoods to produce value-added products and packaging materials inwhich unprepared or natural or raw materials ready to product and use
are included;(k)Foreign Entrepreneur means a person who resides out of the
Republic of the Union of Myanmar, doing investment business andbusinesses relating to thereof in the Special Economic Zone. In thisexpression, a company incorporated outside of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar is also included;(l)Authorized Representative means a person authoritized by theinvestor or the developer with an official letter to carry the goods
necessary for a business in Special Economic Zone, to clear thecustom, to reexport and to carry out similar businesses;(m)

Goods Supplier means a person who supplies raw materials, semiproduct, finished products and technology which are required forservices or products with or without fees for any business which isin the Special Economic Zone or in the domestic tariff area or inabroad;(n)Permit means

anofficial

permission

letterissuedbytheManagement Committee to an investor or a developer to operatebusinesses in the Special Economic Zone;(o)

Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System (MACCS) means aclearance system for export, import customs procedures by using
information technology system and its relevant departmentalorganizations;(p)

Combined Container Load means a container in which goods fromdifferent owners are placed in it. In this expression, the goods thatare not exported with the container are included;(q)Form means the form stipulated in o these rules.
Chapter II

Formation of the Management Committee and carrying out the activities
3.

The Central Body shall form a Management Committee for the Special

Economic Zone within thirty days from the date of approval for theestablishment of the relevant Special Economic Zone

in accordance withsection 9 of the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law.
4.

The Central Body may assign duties to the assigned person in theManagement Committee, without limitation of the terms based on his skill andrequirement.

5.

The members of Management Committee who are not government servant

are entitled to enjoy expenses and remuneration allowed by the Management
Committee. The relevant Management Committee may, as necessary, charge theservice fees for its services, including issuance of a permit from the Developers
and Investors or Promoters.
Chapter III
Convening the Meetings of Central Body, Central Working Body andManagement Committee
6.

The meeting of the Central Body shall be convened at least twice a year.

7.

The quorum of meeting shall be valid, if more than half of the membersof the Central Body are present.
8.

The Central Body shall make decisions with the approval of more thanhalf of the members who are present at the meeting. The decision shall not be
objected, denied or amended by the members of the Central Body who are notpresent at the meeting.
9.

The Central Body may, if necessary, invite the relevant Ministry, theUnion Minister or the Deputy Minister, the technical experts and other essential
persons to the meeting.
10.

The meeting of the Central Working Body shall be convened at least

quarterly.
11.

The chairman of the Central Working Body shall act as a chairman of themeeting. The vice-chairman shall chair the meeting when the chairman is notavailable. In the absence of chairman or vice-chairman, the meeting shall not be
convened.
12.

The quorum of meeting shall be valid, if more than half of the membersof the Central Working Body are present.
13. The Central Working Body shall make decisions by the approval of morethanhalf of the members who have attended the Central Working Body

meeting. The decision shall not be objected, denied or amended by the members
who are not present at the meeting.
14.

The Central Working Body may, if necessary, invite the relevant Ministry,

the Union Minister or the Deputy Minister, the technical experts and otheressential persons to the meeting.
15.

The Management Committee shall convene the meetings at least twice amonth.
16.

The chairman of the Management Committee shall act as a Chairman of

the meeting. The Vice-Chairman shall chair the meeting when the Chairman is
not available. In the absence of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Secretary shallchair the meeting.
17.

The quorum of the meeting shall be valid, if

more thanhalf of themembers of the Management Committee are present.,.
18.

The Management Committee shall make decisions by the approval ofmore than half of the members who have attended the Management Committee
meeting. The decision shall not be objected, denied or amended by theManagement Committee members who are not present at the meeting.

19.

The Management Committee may, if necessary, invite the head of

department of the relevant Ministry, the technical experts and other essential
persons to the meeting.
Chapter IV
One Stop Service Centre (OSSC)
20.

The relevant Management Committee shall form One Stop Service Center(OSSC) with the officials from the following government departments, andgovernment organizations:(a)Customs Department;(b)

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs;(c)Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) or
department or organization which is responsible for incorporation
and affairs of company;(d)Internal Revenue Department;(e)Labour Department;(f)

Department of Immigration and National Registration;(g)

Any relevant department of the Ministry of Industry;(h)

Any relevant department of the Ministry of Construction;(i)

Department of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA);(j)

Any relevant department of the Ministry of Electric Power;(k)

Any other organization as the Management Committee may think fit
relating to the requirement of business activities.

21.

One Stop Service Center (OSSC) shall be administered and supervised by

the Management Committee and it shall jointly be opened at the office of therelevant Management Committee.
22.

The representatives from the relevant Ministries who are appointed at One

Stop Service Center (OSSC) shall issue the required license permits andpermission to Developers and Investors without getting any approvals andrecommendations from the relevant Ministries. Those representatives shall befully authorized by the respective Ministries for making decisions and signing toissue the relevant license and permit.
23.

One Stop Service Center (OSSC) shall carry out the followings inaccordance with the guidance of the relevant Management
Committee in order to provide the Investors with the smooth andcomprehensive administrative services(a)issuanceoftherequired permit, license and permission to do the businesses within
the Special Economic Zone;(b)

carrying out for registration of company and activities relating to it;(c)issuance of entry visa and residency for foreigners and theiraccompanying families;(d)issuance of permit and license for exports and imports;(e)issuance of certificate of origin;(f)carrying out tax collection and related matters;(g)carrying out matters relating to labor and worker registration; (h)issuance of permit to construct the factory and carrying out
for industrial registration;

(i)issuance of the permit for the construction of a building, factory andother constructions;(j)controlling and preservation not to damage the environment;(k)issuance of work permit for foreign workers;(l)inspection and issuance of certificates for food and drug safety andprevention of Contagious Diseases;(m)

drawback claims of customs duties and other taxes;(n)customs clearance for exports and imports, including Post Clearance
Audit;(o)Issuance of any other permit, license and permission required forthe investment and businesses of the developers and the investors in
the Special Economic Zone with the cooperation of the relevantManagement Committee.
Chapter V
Establishment of Special Economic Zone

24.

(a)

The selected developer shall submit a detailed development project
for the establishment of a Special Economic Zone with FORM-A to
the Management Committee within 6 months from the date of
nomination.

(b)

The Management Committee shall submit the detailed project
proposal for the establishment of a Special Economic Zone to theCentral Working Body within 15 days from the date of receipt fromthe developer.

(c)The Central Working Body shall check and submit the project
proposal to the Central Body within thirty days from the date ofsubmission of the Management Committee;(d)

The Central Body shall decide whether it approves or denies suchdevelopment project within thirty days from the date of submission
by the Central Working Body.

25.

The Management Committee shall issue permit with FORM-B to theselected Developer, together with stipulated conditions, after the Central Body
had approved the selection.
26.

If the selection has been done more than one individual developer to carryout the development of the Special Economic Zone, each selected developer shallcarry out for the development of each designated part of the Special Economic
Zone.
27.

The developer shallperform its best efforts in the development works inthe time, which is limited by the Management Committee.
28.

In issuing the permit to the Developer according to these rules, therelevant Management Committee may allow the type of business by theapproved procedures to begin the business.
29.

The developer shall apply to the Management Committee for theextension of the permitted period of the business with FORM-C. The
Management Committee shallscrutinize as may be necessary and give theextension, if it is found that it is appropriate to extend, within 15 days from thedate of receipt of application prescribed the period of it. . The permit shall be
informed and recorded to the nearest Central Working Committee meeting.

30.

The developer shall submit a quarterly report with FORM-D to theManagement Committee about the progress of development of the Special
Economic Zone.
Chapter VI
Demarcation of Zone in the Special Economic Zone
31.

Export-oriented manufacturing businesses shall be allocated as a priority in a

Free Zone. Supporting industries supplying directly to the export-oriented
manufacturers may also be allocated in the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity may
be defined.
32.

The Management Committee may separately allow the suitable service

industries among

the service businesses prescribed in the rule 54

to beallocated in the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity may separately be defined. .
33.

The developer shall fence a Free Zone with the minimum height of two

hundred and forty centimeter together with the minimum height of sixty
centimeter barbed wire fencing on top of the wall or as separately specified by
the Customs Department.
34.

An entry and an exit of Free Zone in above rule 33, shall be placed beas designated by the Customs Department

and be fully monitored by thecustoms officers who are attached to the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of therelevant Special Economic Zone.
35.

Only the persons authorized by the Management Committee shall enter

into the Free Zone prescribed in rule 33.

36.

The Management Committee shall not allow any retail business andservices business to situate in Free Zone ,except some services which are, as
required, allowed to provide to the investors in the Free Zone prescribed in rule
33.
37.

The Management Committee may allow any other manufacturing

Business based on domestic market, within the Promotion Zone.
38.

If there is no demarcation of the Free Zone and Promotion Zone in theSpecial Economic Zone, then the other businesses except Free Zone Activities
shall be deemed as the businesses within the Promotion Zone.
Chapter VII
Boundary Demarcation and Land Use
39.

An establishment of the Special Economic Zone shall have a contiguous

area of at least one thousand hectares, but not exceeding twenty thousand- five
hundred hectares.
40.

The developer or the investor shall apply the permission to rent or use theland required for the development of the Special Economic Zone to the relevantManagement Committee.
41.

The Developer shall not have the right to sell the land in the Special

Economic Zone.
42.

The Developer shall give the right to use land to the Investors who havethe permit.
43.

The Developer or the Investor shall have the right to sublease the land

which they are entitled to lease or use in accordance with the prescribed terms

and conditions of the Land Lease Agreement.
44.

The Developer shall transfer the land in terms of sub-lease or any otherway only to a person or an entity holding a valid permission issued by theManagement Committee.
45.

The Developer or Investor may sell, mortgage, lease, exchange and givethe right to use land to the other party within the permitted period. In this regard:(a)the Developer shall obtain approval of the Central Body with theform specified by the Management Committee;

(b)
46.

the Investor shall obtain the permit of the Management Committee.

The vacant land within the Promotion Zone, which has no infrastructure,such as, roads in the zone, water supply, electricity supply, etc., shall not beleased to any other person for either business or social purposes such as schools,
hospitals, hotels, recreation and entertainment related residential and businesscomplexes. Provided that the development of this area conducted by a SubDeveloper which is a partner or contractor of the Developer selected throughtender by the Developer shall not be applied with this restriction.

Chapter VIII
Submission of Proposal
47.

An investor or promoter who wants to obtain the investment permit within

the Special Economic Zone shall directly apply with

5 copies of application

FORM-E to the relevant Management Committee of Special Economic Zone.
FORM-E shall be submitted together with the detailed data and information of
the followings:(a)Lay out plan of land and industrial area in the Special Economic
Zone;

(b)

water supply system;(c)electricity installation system;(d)building construction plan;(e)mechanical and machinery installation plan;(f)environmental conservation plan;(g)detailed investment proposal of the investment business;(h)other requirements.
Chapter IX
Issuance of Permit

48.

The Management Committee shall:(a)decide to permit or permit with remarks or reject the proposal
within thirty days from the date of receipt of the investment
proposal together with the required documents and facts prescribedin the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law and the Myanmar
Special Economic Zone Rules;(b)

inform in writing with the reason to the
proposal is permitted with remarks or rejected ..

applicant when the

49.

The decision of the Management Committee in respect of the issuance ofpermit shall be final and conclusive.
50.

If the proposal is permitted, the Management Committee shall issue thepermit with FORM-F. The permit shall include the terms and conditions
stipulated by the Management Committee with regard to trading, warehousing,selling of the goods to be produced and product within the Domestic Tariff
Area.
51.

The Management Committee may allow doing the following businesswithin the Special Economic Zone:(a)other businesses except the restricted businesses;(b)trading goods after storage to distribute in accordance with the
instruction of the cargo owner with or without trademarks by theaccountability of the overseas supplier, packaging and repackagingof the goods without producing;(c)importation and storage of goods which must be refrigerated;(d)complete Knock-Down and Semi Knock-Down by importing thematerials or semi fitted materials according to the production
procedure.

52.

The following Businesses shall not be allowed in the Special Economic

Zone:
(a)

manufacturing and fixation business of arms, weapons andexplosives, and services rendering for military purposes;

(b)production, packaging and services business hazardous to theenvironment and ecosystem;(c)the waste management services to abroad;(d)

production and packaging of psychotropic substances andnarcotic drugs;(e)importing or production and packaging of poisonous
chemicals, other goods

including hazardous radioactive

substances and agricultural pesticide and insecticide which
are prohibited by International Regulations or the World
Health Organization, which affect the public health andenvironment;(f)business utilizing

the industrial wastes imported fromabroad;(g)

production and packaging business of prohibited substances
which may destroy ozone layer;(h)production, packaging and sale of goods which are made ofasbestos;(i)

production and packaging of polluted substances hazardous
to the public health and environment.

53.

The proposed businesses which implicate the following facts shall not beallowed: :(areuse of plastic or solid wastes which are not complied with theinternational standards of recycling and waste management systems;(b)reuse of used clothing and garments or used clothing, used textiles
materials and garments, industrial wipers shoddy wool, yarn,
blankets and shawls;(c)repairing or renovating to be used in local

after imported usedmaterials;(d)exportation and importation of chemicals, organisms,

materials

industrial machinery and technology which are inconsistant with theprovisions in the existing Laws, rules and regulationsof the Union;
Chapter X
Types of Conductible Investment Businesses and Requirements
54.

The following investment businesses may be carried out in the Special

Economic Zone:(a)

trading;(b)

infrastructure development business, including real estate, hotel andsales centre;(c)technology and design;(d)warehousing and logistics services;(e)research and development services;(f)computer software programming services;(g)

information services such as venues for business meeting andconferences, information and data processing portal, humanresource services, insurance claiming service, data portal for legal
facts, medical records, records of financial transactions, remotecontrol service, tax and revenue records, supporting/techanicalassistance centres, websites service, computer effects and graphic
designs;

55.

(h)distribution service including wholesales and retail(i)financial service;(j)professional service except legal service and accounting service;(k)

servcies for short term and long term lease;(l)other services including consultancy service;(m)construction and other related services;(n)

education services;(o)services relating to environmental conservation;(p)hospital and health services;(q)

tourism and other related services;(r)

recreation and entertainment services;(s)

culture and sports services;(t)transportation and related services.

In order to obtain the permit from the Management Committee, theinvestor shall:(a) conclude the land lease or land use agreement when the approval ofManagement Committee and written approval for land use to invest
from the developer are received;

(b) send a copy of land lease agreement to the Management Committee,
within six months after receiving the permit. The Management
Committee may revoke the permit when the investor fails to do so;(c)perform in accordance with the standards of environmental
conservation and control of air pollution if it is required;(d)submit the evidence of residency in the country, passport and otherrequired documents of directors of his comapany or persons fromthe business partner organizations to the Management Committee;(e)submit the tax clearance certificate issued by the relevant
department or auditted balance sheet for last three following yearsof the company.

56.

In respect of service businesses to the overseas enterprises:(a)the foreign enterprises shall supply free of charge for raw materials,
including capital goods, consumer goods, semi-processed goods,
spare parts, and semi-finished goods;(b)businesses may establish with the loan system or lease system forthe capital goods;(c)the foreign entrepreneur may carry out and instruct in accordancewith requirement for the importation of finished products ortransfered the products to the bonded warehouse before customs
clerance has been done;(d)the business has right to receive the convertible foreign currency
from the organizations in abroad for the production of theirproducts;

(e)the business shall keep the personal account and separate accounts
for production and services.

57.

The Investor shall fulfill the following requirements in order to obtain thepermit from the Management Committee for the investment in the Special
Economic Zone.
(a)manufacturing Business in a Free Zone or manufacturing Free Zone
Activity shall export at least seventy-five

percentof the total

production to the foreign country. The required minimum paid up
capital should be equivalent to seven hundred and fifty thousand
United States Dollars;;(b)a supporting Free Zone Activity shall supply at least 80 percentof
the total production to the exporting businesses. The required
minimum paid up capital should be equivalent to three hundred
United States Dollars;(c)services which related with export including trading business andsupplying business within the free zone shall have minimum paidup capital equivalent to fifty hundred United States Dollars ;(d)the International trade exhibition center within a Free Zone shallhave minimum paid up capital equivalent to ten million UnitedStates Dollars;(e)manufacturing industries

within a Promotion Zone

shall haveminimum paid up capital equivalent to three hundred United States
Dollars;

(f)service industries within a Promotion Zone shall have minimum
paid up capital equivalent to three hundred United States
Dollars;(g)business for real estate development within a Promotion
Zone, including shopping malls, condominiums, residences, etc.
shall have minimum paid up capital equivalent to five million
United States Dollars;;(h)hotels within a Promotion Zone shall have minimum 3-star level;(i)

invesment of training schools, vocational training schools andeducational institutions

within a Promotion Zone shall haveminimum paid up capital equivalent to two million United States
Dollars;(j)hospitals within a Promotion Zone shall have minimum one
hundredbeds with modernized treatment, high technology

examination equipments and machinery, laboratories and operation
theatre;(k)

if livestock industries are carried out in a Promotion Zone, he shallobtain advice from the Management Committee;(l)

if fishery industries are carried out in a Promotion Zone, he shallhave minimum one hundred hectors of land area;(m) if forest products industries are carried out

in a Promotion Zone heshall have minimum space of five hundred

hectors for theestablishment of forest plantation;(n)

if agro-based products industries are carried out in a Promotion
Zone, it shall be carried out with the permission of relevantManagement Committee.

58.

In coordination with the investors, the relevant Management Committee

shall stipulate other requirements for business other than specified in rule 57.
The relevant Management Committee may, according to the sub-section(f) of section 11 of the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, issue
notifications, orders, directives and procedures in accordance withinternational standard

thein the area of trade, environmental conservation,

investment and business to be abided by the investor.
59.

The investment businesses within the Free Zone shall annually submit

audited report of the auditor appointed by them with regard to the direct orindirect sales and services at the end of the financial year to the Management
Committee to monitor to be in line with clause (a) and (b) of rule 57.
60.

The investment business which is absent to submit the audited report as

per rule 59 for any financial year is not entitled to enjoy exemptions and reliefs
for that absent financial year.
61.

The investor shall apply to the Management Committee at least fourweeks in advance before the end of financial year if the type of business has
been changed from the Free Zone Activity to Promotion Zone Business.

Chapter XIProcedures for Establishment of Businesses

62.

The Management Committee may allow the investment proposal for thevarious productions of finished goods from raw materials, enhancement of
production capacity and change of type of manufacturing goods or services if it
is in line with rule 55.
63.

The Management Committee may allow the submission of the investor totransfer business, based on the proven ability of upcoming investor who takes
over the assets and undertakes the liabilities of the existing investment
business64. An investor holding the permit issued under rule 50 shall be entitled
to set up a Business either in a Free Zone, or a Promotion Zone or other Zone orboth Zones with the permission of the Management Committee.
65.

The Investor shall commence the permitted business operation within one

year after getting the permit and shall inform the date of commencement of thecommercial operation or the production of goods to the Management
Committee.
66.

The Investor shall request the extension of construction period to theManagement Committee not later than thirty days before the expiry date ofstipulated period if the business operation may not be commenced within one
year. The Management Committee may grant extension for appropriate period
not longer than two years, if it thinks the explanation of the request credible
reason. 67. The permitted term will be expired if the Business has notcommenced productions or services activity within the date of expiry of
stipulated period as per above rules 65 and 66. The permit may be obtained
throughout the period of business operation if the Business has commenced its
business operation within the stipulated period of time as per rules 65 and 66.

68.

The investor shall open and maintain separate accounts for businesses

operated in both Free Zone and Promotion Zone.
Chapter XII
Exemption and Relief
69.

The investment business permitted by the Foreign Investment Law,

Myanmar Citizen Investment Law and other investment laws

shall not be

entitled to enjoy the exemptions and relief stated under the Myanmar Special
Economic Zone Law if the said investment business has been transferred to theSpecial Economic Zone, enjoyed period of all exemptions and reliefs under suchlaws. If the period of exemptions and relief allowed under the Myanmar Special
Economic Zone Law is longer than the period of other investment laws, thebalance period shall be enjoyed by the investor.
70.

The Investor shall be entitled to enjoy the exemptions and relief as per the

Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law for the investment expansion of same ordifferent business in the Special Economic Zone without transferring theexisting investment business permitted under the Foreign Investment Law,
Myanmar Citizens Investment Law, and other Investment Laws.
71.

An Investor and a Developer shall maintain proper list of commodities

which are imported from Domestic Tariff Area with specific quantity and value
for a yearly basis. Such accounts shall clearly include quantity and value of thegoods imported from Domestic Tariff Area, consumption or utilization of such
goods, production of goods, waste or scrap or remnants, the quantity of export,
sales and supply of manufactured goods manufactured the quantity of export, toabroad or sales and supply to the Promotion Zone or the Domestic Tariff Area offinished product and balance in stock.

72.

The Investor and the Developer shall maintain such records prescribed inrule 71 for a period of seven following years starting from the end of relevant
financial year.
73.

An Investor engaged in both trading and manufacturing activities shallmaintain separate records for each business activity respectively.
74.

The Investor shall submit the Quarterly Performance Reports with

FORM-G to the Management Committee.
75.

The Developer shall submit the quarterly report on import andprocurement of goods from the Domestic Tariff Area, utilization of the sameand the stock in hand with FORM-D to the Chairman of the Management
Committee and the Specified Customs Officer.
76.

Businessmen in a Promotion Zone or other supplying business in a

Domestic Tariff Area, when they export or sell the finished or semi-finishedgoods produced by themselves using imported raw materials to a Business in a
Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity or Developer, shall submit the triplicate
copies of the assessed export declaration which is under tariff reduction schemeand shall attach the recommendation letter of the relevant Specified Customs
Officer.. The import tax for the imported raw materials shall be paid the balance
after deduction of prepaid duties.
77.

A Developer or a business in the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity shall

repay exemptions and relief enjoyed tax benefit of duty free and other tax free or
exemption or tariffs reduction upon the goods which are imported when such
goods are not used for their businesses.
Chapter XIII

Settlement of Dispute78.

If any dispute arises between Developers and Investors, or Developers andthe relevant Management Committee, or Investors and the relevant Management
Committee, or between Developers, or between Investors in respect of theinvestment business, arising dispute shall be settled amicably.
79.

If such dispute may not be settled in accordance with this rule 78:(a)it shall be dealt with in accordance with the dispute settlement
mechanism stipulated in the relevant agreement;(b)

if the dispute settlement mechanism is not stipulated in the relevant
agreement, it shall be dealt with in accordance with the relevant
existing laws of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

80.

If dispute arises between the Developer and Investor, they shall informand summit with expressing the cause of dispute to the relevant Management
Committee.
81.

The Developer or Investor may establish the documents issued by theManagement Committee as evidence, if necessary, in the settlement of the
dispute. ,If it is necessary for other evidence related to the Management

Committee, they may apply to it for such evidence.
82.

The Developer or the investor shall submit and request the permission to

the Management Committee, if it arises that any staff from the Management
Committee Office is to appear before the court as witness.
Chapter XIV
Regulations relating to Duty and Tax

83.

The commercial tax or value added tax must be paid to the Department ofthInternal Revenue of One Stop Service Center (OSSC) before the 10 waxing ofa month commencing from the expiry of the exemption.
84.

Where

a

non-resident foreigner has no incorporated business in

Myanmar but has ownership of business and intellectual property right in theSpecial Economic Zone:(a)a business or a developer who makes the payment to the non-resident foreigner shall deduct the withholding tax as prescribed under the
existing Income Tax Law and shall pay it to Department of Internal
Revenue of One Stop Service Center (OSSC) by the name of recipient;(b)the above withholding taxes are final levy.
(c)a Business or a Developer who makes the payment to a non-resident
foreigner shall deduct the withholding tax from rental fees and othersimilar incomes as prescribed under the existing Income Tax Law
and shall pay it to the Department of Internal Revenue of One Stop
Service Center (OSSC) of the Special Economic Zone by the nameof recipient.

85.

The Investor or Businesses shall deduct the income tax from the salaries

and other incomes of foreign officers , managers, staffs and workers employedin the Special Economic Zone as provided by the existing Income Tax Law,
with the currency stipulated by the Central Body, and pay it to Department ofInternal Revenue of One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of the Special Economic
Zone. An income tax statement of monthly deductions shall be furnished to
Department of Internal Revenue of One Stop Service Center (OSSC) within 7days from the date of deductions. The annual statement of salaries paid toemployees shall be submitted within 3months after the end of financial year,
namely April, May and June.
86.

Withholding Tax, other than the salaries, shall be paid to the Department

of Internal Revenue of One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of the Special
Economic Zone, in accordance with the regulations provided in the Income Tax
Law.
87. According to the section 49 of the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, acustomofficer of department ofinternal revenue of the One Stop Service

Center (OSSC) of the Special Economic Zone scrutinize application of theInvestor or the Developer relating to the paid income tax on profit accrued fromthe Authorized Operations and may accept it to exempt tax for dividends of theirshares.
88.

When any Business and a Developer in a Special Economic Zone lose,

the losses shall be set off and carried forward from their income up to five
following financial years,

ifa Certified Public Accountant authenticate suchlosses.
89.

According to the section 52 of the Special Economic Zone Law, abusiness within the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity is permitted to deduct theactual expenses for providing vocational or management training to the skilledworkers, unskilled workers, managerial staffs and other employees from thetaxable income. The documents in respect of training expenses shall be
submitted as evidence to a custom officer of Department of Internal Revenue of
the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of the Special Economic Zone.
Chapter XVBank and Insurance90.

The entrepreneur or the Developer doing business transactions within or

outside the Special Economic Zone with Myanmar Currency (Kyat) shall also
have the right to open Myanmar currency (Kyat) account at any Authorized
Dealer Bank.
91.

A Developer or an Investor may transfer capital and net profit inaccordance with the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Law andrules.
92.

Insurance companies owned by the citizens or the foreigners, or jointly

owned by the citizen and the foreigner may set up their representative offices
and insurance businesses in a Promotion Zone. It can also open representative
offices and insurance business as other business if there is no demarcation as aFree Zone and a Promotion Zone.
93.

The said representative offices and insurance businesses are allowed tosell their insurance policies to the Investors, Developer and other related
businesses within the Special Economic Zone in accordance with the Myanmar
Insurance Law, rules, and orders and directives of the Supervising Board of
Myanmar Insurance Enterprises.
94.

The foreign insurance company (branch) within the Special Economic

Zone may appoint auditor, lawyer, examiner and negotiator for calculation of
the compensation at the outside of the Special Economic Zone.
95.

The insurance companies which are going to set up their branch

representative offices and insurance businesses in the Special Economic Zone

shall be in linewith the standards and qualification stipulated by theSupervising Board of Myanmar Insurance Enterprise.
96.

The insurance company which is in line with the standards andqualification stipulated by Supervising Board of Myanmar Insurance Enterpriseand going to set up andcarry out the representative offices and insurance

businesses in the Special Economic Zone shall apply with FORM-E to obtain
the permission of the Management Committee.
Chapter XVI
Movement of Goods into a Free Zone or for Free Zone Activities
97.

Any goods imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area, required

for the Authorized Operations, shall be admitted into a Free Zone subject to thefollowing conditions, namely:(a)the goods imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area shallbe brought into the premises of Investors or designated place within
the Special Economic Zone.

Subject to the type of transaction, thegoods may be sent and carried out to sub-contractor for outsourcing. ;(b)

the goods unnecessary for carrying out the Authorized Operations
shall not be allowed into a Free Zone without the permission of theManagement Committee. The reasons shall be recorded

if theManagement Committee has permitted;(c)the list of goods shall, prior to importing, be submitted to register at
the Management Committee;

(d)hazardous goods shall be placed at the specific area designated by
the Management Committee or at the installation area within thepremises of the Investor.

98.

The documents relating to admission of the goods into and out of the Free

Zone shall be submitted to the relevant Authorized Customs Officer.
99.

The goods imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area by theFree Zone Activities shall be applied to the provisions in the rules 97 and 98.
100. The Investor or the Developer shall use the goods admitted into a Free
Zone only for carrying out the Authorized Operations. If the admitted goods are
utilized for other business other than for the Authorized Operations ortheInvestor or the Developer fails to abide by the provisions for the goods underthese rules, duty shall be chargeable on such goods as if these goods have beencleared for domestic use.
101. In the case of a Business in a Free Zone is unable to utilize the goods
imported or procured from Domestic Tariff Area, it may export the goods to theforeign country or sell such goods to other Business in a Free Zone without
payment of duty, or as necessary, dispose of such goods on payment ofapplicable duties and other taxes on the basis of an import declaration form
submitted by the buyer from Domestic Tariff Area. .
102. The provisions described in the rules 100 and 101 shall be applied only to
the goods imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area with duty free.
103. The Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activities shall maintain theaccount and balanceof the entire goods with duty free by means of imported

or export or sales or supplies in Domestic Tariff Area or transfer to other
Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activities. .
104. The Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activities shall regularly
maintain records for the movement of goods with duty free and shall submit
when the relevant Authorized Customs Officer has officially requested forinspection.
105. The investor shall utilize, export and disposed of the goods admitted to a
Free Zone Activity within the validity period of the permit issued to such Free
Zone Activity or in the case of a Developer within a period of 3 years or
extended period as may be allowed by the Management Committee.
106. In the case of failure to utilize or export or dispose of the goods within the
period allowed under rule 105, payment of duty of such goods shall be liable,considered as if such goods had been removed to Domestic Tariff Area, startingfrom the date of expiry.
107. The Management Committee may allow Businesses in a Free Zone toutilize or export or dispose of the goods in accordance with their desire inaccordance with stipulation.
108. The duty-free goods admitted into a Free Zone or services, manufactured
or semi-manufactured goods, may be transferred or borrowed to an Investor or
Developer within the same Free Zone or in another Free Zone or to a Free Zone
Activities without payment of duty, subject to the following conditions, namely:(a)an Investor or a Developer who is the transferred or lessee shall bean authorized business operator to receive or purchase the duty-free
goods;

(b)an Investor or a Developer who is the transferred or lessee shallmaintain the proper list of transferred or borrowed goods;(c)the transferred goods other than the raw material procured from
Domestic Tariff Area shall be accounted as an import by thereceiving Investor or Developer while the value of the same shall be
deducted from the import of the transferring Investor or Developer;(d)transfer or borrowing of goods to Investors or Developers in other Special

Economic Zone or to Free Zone Activities shall be allowed with the priorpermission of the relevant Authorized Customs Officer in accordenance withthe stipulation.
109. After informing in advancenot less than

7 days to the relevant

Authorized Customs Officer an Investor in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activities
may destroy goods, including Capital Goods procured from Domestic Tariff
Area or goods imported or goods manufactured or produced by the Investor,
including rejects or waste or remnants within the Special Economic Zone
without payment of duty.
110. The Investor shall undertake the matters of environmental conservation as
required for such destroying of the goods.
111. Where it is not possible to carry out destruction of

goods within theSpecial Economic Zone as prescribed at the rule 109, the process shall be carriedout, with the permission of the relevant Authorized Customs Officer, in thepresence of the Specified Customs Officers outside the Special Economic Zone.

112. When it is not possible in the presence of Authorized Customs Officer at
the site of destruction, the Specified Customs Officer may allow the Investor toadduce the alternative means that such destruction has been properly carried out.
113. The precious stone or the part of precious stone or the precious metals
shall not be destroyed.
114. If a Business in a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity is consistent thefollowing, they may be allowed to make sub-contract its part of production or
any production process, to the Business in the Domestic Tariff Area or Businessin a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity to be transferred without any further
permission of the Specified Customs Officer of customs section of One Stop
Service Center (OSSC) in the Special Economic Zone, based on annual account;(a)the finished goods requiring further processing or semi-finishedgoods taken outside

a Free Zone for sub-contracting shall be

brought back into the Business within one hundred and twenty days
or within the period extended by the relevant Specified Customs
Officer. The reasons for such extension shallbe recorded inwriting.;(b)a business shall bring back molds, jigs, tools, fixtures, drawings
taken with the permission of the relevant Specified Customs Officer
to the premises of sub-contractor(s) before expiry of such subcontracting agreement to the premises of the original business.. ;(c)raw materials, components and consumables except fuel may besent along with these goods, or separately.

115. The Businesses engaging trading or warehousing shall not be allowed to do
sub-contracting of production or production process in the Domestic Tariff Area.
117. 116. Based on the document expressing list of materials and theincoming and outgoing under sub-contract, the movement of goods and therecord of quantity and value of the materials to be used to produce each andevery product shall be kept in accordance with the format designated by theManagement Committee.,. The Management Committee may permit sub-contracting of part of the production process to be done in abroad and in suchcases, the goods may be exported abroad from the premises of sub-contractor
subject to following conditions, namely:(a)sub-contracting charges shall be declared in the export declaration
forms, invoices and other related documents;(b)

the profit of export shall be fully repatriated in favor of the original
Business.

118. An Investor or a Developer or their authorized representative, , may also
temporarily remove the goods procured or imported duty free by them for theirauthorized operations, to a place in the same Domestic Tariff Area or a businessin another Free Zone or Free Zone Activity , for a sub-contracting process, withprior permission of and subject to the conditions prescribed by the Management
Committee.
119. A Business in a Free Zone may take goods, including finished goods
requiring further processing or semi-finished goods to the premises of subcontractor.

120With regard to the part of the production process:(a)

the Investor shall also, if necessary, apply for sub-contracting
permission at the time of initial application for development projectapproval and based on such initial approval to

the Specified

Customs Officer attached to the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) in
the Special Economic Zone, he shall scrutinize and permit subcontracting of part of production process or part of the production;(b)

where the permission for subcontracting has not been taken at thetime of project approval or a new permission is sought, the Investor
shall file an application containing the name and address of thesubcontractor, details of the processes to be carried out at the sub
contractor’s premises in the Domestic Tariff Area and self-certified
input and output ratio for the said processes;(c)after examination of details under sub Rule (b), the Specified
Customs Officer attached to the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) in
the Special Economic Zone may grant annual permits for any
production

processor

sub-partofthebusiness,

executed

subcontracting;(d)moving raw materials, consumables and components, except
imported or domestically purchased fuel into the Domestic Tariff
Area for sub-contracting, the Business in a Free Zone shall furnish
the bank guarantee to cover the duty foregone on such materials
being taken out for subcontracting to the Specified Customs Officer
attached to the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) in the Special

Economic Zone. Provided that bank guarantee shall not be required
for the Business in a Free Zone is not the black list within two years.
(e)after receipt of goods from the subcontractor, the relevant
Authorized Customs Officer may check either at the subcontractor’s
premises or at the gate of

the Free Zone for the purpose ofverification of goods which were sent and received.
(f)after executing subcontract, the Authorized Customs Officer at theFree Zone shall inspect the identification marks of the goods forverification of the goods at the appointed area near the gate when
received back from the subcontractor. Where very important items
are sent out for subcontracting, based on the background or past
performance of the Investor, the Specified Customs Officer attachedto the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) in the Special Economic
Zone shall, if required, keep sample.

(g)

the goods sent out for subcontracting shall be returned to theInvestors within one hundred and twenty days from the date of
movement or within such period as may be extended by theSpecified Customs Officer attached to the One Stop Service Center(OSSC) in the Special Economic Zone. The reasons for granting
such extension shall be recorded in writing;(h)

The Specified Customs Officer shall carry out to collect the customs
duties upon the goods from the subcontractor which are not broughtback within the designated period of time to the Investor.

121. The relevant Specified Customs Officer may allow the Business in a Free
Zone to export the finished goods directly from the premises of subcontractor. .
In giving such permit::(a)the subcontractor shall be a person who is doing Free Zone
Activity; ;(b)export of finished goods shall be done directly from the premises ofthe subcontractor. It is not allowed to export through third party;(c)sample of goods exported from the premises of subcontractors shallbe sent by the subcontractor under sealed condition, to the Specified
Customs Officer for inspecting to compare to the original sample
goods;(d)the manifest for duty-free goods shall be processed at the port ofexport as in the case of normal export and the name of the Investorand subcontractor shall be entered into the such manifest;(e)goods which are inspected and sealed by the Authorized Customs
Officer may be allowed to export from premises of thesubcontractor. In the case of subcontracting to be done in abroad,the goods shall either be returned to the original business or may besold to buyers in the country of such subcontractors or any third
country.

122. Waste, scrap or remnants generated during process at the premises ofsubcontractors may either be returned to the Investor or may be cleared on
payment of duty as if the said waste or scrap or remnants have been cleared by
the Investor or may be destroyed at the premises of subcontractors according to
the instruction of the Specified Customs Officer.. Provided that where thepremises of subcontractors are located abroad, the scrap, waste or remnants
generated at the premises of subcontractors may either be returned to theInvestor or may be disposed of at abroad.
123. A Business in a Free Zone may execute subcontract to do subcontracting
for part of the production or production process in another Business within thesame Free Zone. Raw material imported or procured by the Investor to
manufacture the Capital Goods may be transferred to another Investor for use in
manufacturing or fabricating. 124.

The Developeror his representative, ,shall follow the same procedure for subcontracting by a Business in a Free Zone
prescribed in the rule 120 for subcontracting in Domestic Tariff Area or a
Business in other Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity.. The Bank Guarantee
covering the duty foregone on the materials sent for subcontracting shall be
requested only in case of temporary removal of goods by the contractor from theFree Zone.
125. When a Business in a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity undertakes ofsubcontracting for export on behalf of exporter in the Domestic Tariff Area, on
the basis of annual permission from the Specified Customs Officer,,:
(a)

all

the

raw

materials

includingsemi-finished

goods

and

consumables, including fuel shall be supplied by the exporter from theDomestic Tariff Area;(b)finished goods shall be exported directly by the Business in a Free
Zone or a Free Zone Activity on behalf of the exporter from theDomestic Tariff Area; (c)the name of the exporter from theDomestic Tariffs Area and name of the Business in the Free Zone orthe Free Zone Activity shall be mentioned together with the export
document;(d)the exporter from the Domestic Tariff Area has the right to refund of duty
paid on the inputs by way of duty drawback.
Chapter XVIIImport Procedures

126. The Business in a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity or a Developer shallsubmit in advance the list of goods to be imported to the Management
Committee, although the import license need not be applied for those imported
goods. Such import list may be changed according to market requirements fromtime to time.
127. Business in a Promotion Zone or Other Activity shall submit in advance alist of goods to be imported which are required for the authorized business
operation to the Management Committee. No import license shall be required
for the import of such entered goods.
128. Business in Promotion Zone or other Activity shall apply import license
for the goods which are not entered in advance at the Management Committee.
The Management Committee shall ease the conditions of import license.
129. In coordination with the relevant department, the Management Committee
shall issue notification in advance for import of goods in the certain special case inwhich shall be required to beprohibited

according to the internationalsuggestions. and shall also issue permit and license necessary for importation ofsuch goods at One Stop Service Center (OSSC).

130. Import procedures in the Special Economic Zone shall be carried out with
the Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System (MACCS) after the“MACCS” is introduced.
131. An Investor or

Developer may import goods directly to the Special

Economic Zones through the following modes of supply:
ports or airports;
inland customs posts;
inland container depots;
foreign post offices;
authorized couriers; ora person who is authorized by the Business.
132. Direct transfer by means of full loaded container or combined container
load or other means of packaging of goods imported through ports or airports orinland customs posts or inland container depots shall be allowed from such port or
airport or inland container depot or inland customs post to the Special Economic
Zone.
133. The Investor or Developer may also procure goods required for the
Authorized Operations from the bonded warehouses designated in the Domestic
Tariff Area or International Trade Exhibitions held in Myanmar.
134. The goods imported by Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or
Business in Promotion Zone or other Activity or Developer shall be allowed to
be transshipped from the port or airport to the Special Economic Zone without
checking by the Customs Authorities at the relevant port or airport. Provided

that such goods may be inspected when there is specific information or
intelligence information.
135. The goods imported by an Investor or

Developer shall be directlytransshipped to the Special Economic Zone only by the registered logistic firmor its agent.
136. The Investor shall abide by the following procedures for the importationof goods and services:(a)the Investor shall submit the 5 copies of import declaration with thestamped namely “Special Economic Zone Cargo” along with Bill of
Lading or Airways Bill, invoice and packing list to the Authorized
Customs Officer;(b)

if the Import Declaration is not assessed on the date of application ,the goods shall be allowed to be transferred to the Investor on thebasis of the registered Import Declaration, after an endorsement tothis effect has been made by the Authorized Customs Officer;(c)

if the goods including Capital Goods are supplied free of cost or on
loan or lease basis, the Import Declaration shall be entered into
jointly the name of the Investor and the supplier;(d)

if the goods including Capital Goods are supplied on loan or leasebasis by a domestic supplier, the Import Declaration shall be enteredinto jointly the name of the Investor and domestic supplier;(e)

the registered Import Declaration shall be submitted to the Authorized
Customs Officer of the Special Economic Zones. If finished,it

shall be deemed to be permitted for transfer of goods to the Investor;

(f)in case of sealed container, the goods shall be transferred to aSpecial Economic Zone without customs escort after verification of
the seal on the basis of registered or assessed Import Declaration;(g)in case of other cargo, goods shall be allowed to be transferred to aSpecial Economic Zone on the basis of registered or assessed
Import Declaration, according to the transshipment procedure;(h)the transshipment permission shall be stamped on the fifth copy oftheImportDeclaration

without

separate

documents

ortransshipment bond for transshipment to file ;(i)on arrival of cargo either in the form of container or sealed truck,seal on the container or the truck, as the case may be, shall beverified by the Authorized Customs Officer in the Special
Economic Zone;(j)on arrival of cargo either in the form of combined container load orother form of packaging, verification of marks and numbers of thecontainer shall be carried out as appropriate by the Authorized
Customs Officer at gate of the Special Economic Zones or adesignated place in the Special Economic Zone;(k)if verification of marks and numbers of container may not be
undertaken at the gate of the Special Economic Zone or adesignated place of the Special Economic Zonethe goods shall beallowed to send directly to the premises of the Investor andverification shall be undertaken at those places;(l)the Investor shall submit fifth copy of Import Declaration bearing
endorsement of the Authorized Customs Officer that the goods havebeen received in the Special Economic Zone to the customs officer
in charge of the airport or port or inland container depot or post

office or warehouses of the custom office, as the case may be,within forty-five days from the date of clearance of goods. Whenthe Investor fails to do so, the officer in charge of such airport or
port or inland container deport or inland customs post or post officeor warehouse of custom office, as the case may be, shall notify to
the Specified Customs Officer in the relevant Special Economic
Zone for levying duty from the Investor in a Free Zone, if any;(m)after endorsement regarding verification of mark of product andquantity in case of combined container load or in other form of
packaging or inspection of seal in the case of full loaded containeror sealed truck by the Authorized Customs Officer attached to the
One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of the relevant Special Economic
Zone, such goods shall be transferred to the investor. It shall bedeemed the completion of the customs procedure with regard to theimportation of cargo when the investor receives the goods.

137. Any inspection of cargo shall be carried out at the premises of theinvestors if the Customs Department considers it is required to check.
138.

Notwithstanding contained in

the provisions under the rule 136,

the Customs Department has the right to exercise the Post-Clearance Audit(PCA)..
139. Investor in a Promotion Zone or Free Zone Activity or any Other Activity
shall follow the same customs clearance procedures as applicable to the goods
imported or procured from Domestic Tariff Area by the Developer.

140. The Developer may import or procure goods and services from outside of
the Special Economic Zone, enjoyed exemptions and reliefs for the Authorized
operations. .
141.

After getting the permit for the Authorized Operation, the Developer or

the Investor, shall apply permit to the Management Committee for the list of
goods and services, including construction materials, heavy machinery,equipments and machines necessary for the Authorized Operations.
142. The

Developer or an Investor shall declare the warehouse within theSpecial Economic Zone to the Specified Customs Officer.
143. In case of the storage has been done outside of the Free Zone but within
the Special Economic Zone, safeguard measures necessary for security comply
with as stipulated by the Specified Customs Officer.
144. The developer shall keep the goods imported or procured from outside of
the Special Economic Zone for Authorized Operations at the designated area
to be inspected by the Authorized Customs Officer before such goods arebrought into use.
145. The Developer shall maintain a proper account of the import or
procurement, consumption and utilization of goods and submit report to theManagement Committee with FORM-D once in every three months.
146. The Developer shall move goods from the Special Economic Zone to theDomestic Tariff Area only after payment of concerned duty except thepermission of the Specified Customs Officer.147. The Developer shall apply theprocedures applicable to the Investor in a Free Zone on import or procurementof goods and services, their admission, clearance of goods. However, Developermay move the goods imported or procured from Domestic Tariff Area to any
place of the Special Economic Zone for carrying out the Authorized Operations.
148. The Management Committee shall monitor the utilization of the goods
imported or procured from the Domestic Tariff Area by the developer. .
149. A Developer may send or transfer components and the capital goods,
including construction equipment which will no longer use or are surplus toanother Developer or Investor after obtaining the permission of the Management
Committee.
150. The Investors in a Free Zone may import, with the exemption of either
custom duties or other taxes or both, precious goods namely gold or
silver or platinum or gem and jewellery from abroad through an
authorized representative. When such goods are imported,(a)the authorized representative bringing the precious goods
shall declare with duplicate copies of the import declaration form to
the authorized officer at the airport arrival hall;(b)

the authorized representative shall hand over the invoice andpacking list of the goods indicating name and address of theimporting Investors to the Authorized Customs Officer at the airport
for detention in the airport warehouse with the receipt;(c)the customs officer at the airport shall issue the detention receipt;(d)the Investor shall submit Import Declaration together with a copy of
invoice, a copy of packing list and the detention receipt number
issued by the customs officer at the airport to the Authorized Customs
Officer;(e)the Authorized Customs Officer shall retain original Import
Declaration ,after assessment of Import Declaration and hand overthecopiesof

such

ImportDeclaration

to

the

authorized

representative of the Investor to present the Authorized Customs
Officer at the airport warehouse to release the goods.
receivingtheoriginal

detention

receipt

together

After
with

the

authorization letter from the Investor, the Authorized Customs
Officer at the airport warehouse, making entries in the warehouseregister and detention receipt register, the Authorized Customs
Officer shall allow the goods to release for clearance;(f)after release, the goods shall be transferred to either the Investor or
the authorized representative of the Investor after sealing under thecustoms escort;(g)

the goods shall be allowed to send to the premise of Business after
verification of marks and number of packages by the Authorized
Customs Officer at gate of the Free Zone in the Special Economic
Zone.

151. An Investor may importwhen the exported goods are found either

defective or damaged by the overseas buyer or such goods have not been takenby the overseas buyer or the payment is not settled from the buyer as per agreed
schedule after delivery of goods or when buyers return goods due to change ofmarket factors subject to the following conditions, namely.
(a)the Investor shall identify the goods which are original export
goods at the time of reimport;

(b)the period of reimported goods shall be within the warranty period
or the validity period of the amended contract or a period of one
year from the date of export , among them the latest period.

152. If it is found that the imported goods are error or defective, replacement ofsuch goods shall be allowed by identifying the correctness of the goods imported
through a Business in Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or domestic authorized
dealer of appointed by the overseas supplier.
153. The supplier of goods within the Domestic Tariff Area shall submit the
documents relating

to the payment of tax and duty for the importation of

supplies which are provided for the Business within the Free Zone or for the
Authorized Operation of a Developer and claim for tax refund of such supplies.
154. Duty-free goods procured or imported by a Business in a Free Zone or aFree Zone Activity or a Developer shall be allowed to admit into the premisesof the Business in the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity.
155. When the Business in Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or the Developer
procure the goods from the Domestic Tariffs Area,t he supplier of the goods or
the buyer of Business within the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or Developer
on behalf of the seller from Domestic Tariffs Areas shall submit importdeclaration to the Authorized Custom Officer before the arrival of the goods.
156. The Specified Customs Officer shall detain the goods at the designatedarea if the goods have been arrived before filing and checking the Import
Declaration. The goods shall be released to the Business in a Free Zone or theFree Zone Activity or the Developer only after completion of the filing andassessment of the Import Declaration.

157. The Authorized Customs Officer shall approve the comprehensive importdeclaration where there are frequent deliveries of goods to the investors in a
Free Zone.
158. A copy of Import Declaration with an endorsement by the Authorized
Customs Officer for the permitted goods already delivered to the Business in a
Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer shall be transferred to theexcise officer having jurisdiction over the supplier from Domestic Tariff Area
within forty-five days. If it is failed to do so, the respective excise officer shallrequest for payment of duty against the supplier from Domestic Tariff Area.
159. The Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer
shall apply to the Specified Customs Officer for the claim of refund duty for theimport declaration filing under the claim of refund. The benefit of the refund
duty is transferable to the supplier from Domestic Tariff Area from the Businessin a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer.
160. The Import Declaration shall be assessed in accordance with the
instructions and procedures laid down by the Department of Customs. At thetime of assessment, it shall be specifically examined whether the goods are
required for the Authorized Operations of the Developer or the Business in a Free
Zone or the Free Zone Activity or not, with reference to the permit or the list of
goods approved by the Management Committee..
161. The Authorized Customs Officer shall examine the goods obtained fromthe Domestic Tariff Area on arrival at the gate of Free Zone or the premise of
the Business in the Free Zone in respect of description, quantity, marks andother relevant particulars given in the invoice, Export Declaration and packing
list and shall also examine as per the examination norms laid down in respect of

exported goods in cases of the goods are being procured under claim of anexport entitlement.
162. The supplier from the Domestic Tariff Area shall be allowed to sell the
goods under tax refund system if the payment for the goods purchased is settled
directly from the Foreign Currency or Myanmar Kyats Account of the Businessin a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer.
163. A copy of the Export Declaration with an endorsement of the Authorized
Customs Officer for the goods which have been received by the Business in theFree Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer shall be deemed as proofof export.
164. According to its desire, the Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone
Activity or the Developer may also procure goods from Domestic Tariff Area
without availing exemptions or drawbacks on the basis of invoice or transport
documents issued by the supplier.
165.

Such invoices or transport documents shall be endorsed to the effect thatno exemptions and drawbacks have been availed on the said supplies.
166. Procedures for the receiving of goods from the bonded warehouse are as
follows:(a)Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or the Developer
shall submit an Import Declaration to the Authorized Customs
Officer when the goods are claimed from the bonded warehouse;(b)

the Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or theDeveloper shall submit the Import Declaration assessed by theAuthorized Customs Officer to the customs officer in charge of thebonded warehouse to be claimed the goods;(c)the customs officer in charge of the bonded warehouse shall allow
clearance of the goods from the bonded warehouse whicharesupplied to the Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activityor the Developer without payment of duty on the basis of Import
Declaration duly assessed by the Authorized Customs Officer;(d)where the delivery certificate approved and signed by the
Authorized Customs Officer is not received by the customs officer
in charge of bonded warehouse within forty-five days from the dateof clearance of the goods from the warehouse, the customs officer
in charge of the bonded warehouse shall proceed to demand
applicable duty from the supplier.

167. According to the procedures prescribed by the rule 166, a business in Free
Zone or Free Zone Activity or a Developer may:(a)

procure goods from international exhibitions held in the Union;(b)

procure goods and services from a Business in a Free Zone or theFree Zone Activity or the Developer without payment of duty.

168. A Business in a Free Zone or the Free Zone Activity or the Developer
may procure goods and services from another business in a Free Zone or a Free
Zone Activity within the same or any other Special Economic Zones subject tothe following conditions. In procuring:(a)the receiving Business or Developer shall file the Import Declaration
to the Authorized Customs Officer, in quintuplicate together with thedescription of the goods, an invoice and packing list for assessment;(b)on the basis of such assessed Import Declaration, the goods shall beallowed to be transferred to the receiving Business or Developer
under transshipment permit;(c )there shall be no requirement to file any additional document orbond(s) for the purpose of transshipment of goods and thetransshipment permission shall be stamped on the Import
Declaration itself;(d)the supplying business shall submit the delivery certificate to theSpecified Customs Officer having jurisdiction over that supplying
business within forty-five days. In case of failing to submit, theSpecified Customs Officer of the supplying business shall inform by
writing letter to the Specified Customs Officer of the receiving
business or Developer for demand of duty from the receiving
business or Developer;(e)where the supplying and receiving business or Developer are
located in the same Special Economic Zone, the provisions of sub
rules (a) to (d) shall not be applied and the movement of goods shallbe allowed and such transactions shall be recorded in the regularbooks of accounts of the receiving business or Developer and the
supplying business and no Import Declaration shall be required forfiling.

Chapter XVIII
Export Procedures
169. Export license shall not be required for export from Special Economic
Zone.
170. Export of special chemicals, plant and animals, materials, equipment andtechnologies to be controlled by international suggestion shall be abided by theexisting laws, rules and the international conventions in which Myanmar
participates.
172. A business may export goods or services, including agro-products, semifinished goods, sub-assemblies and components under the terms and conditionsprescribedin permit, except the items prohibited by of the existing Laws andrules. A manufacturing business may also export by-products, rejects, waste, andscrap arising out of the manufacturing process.
173. A business engaged in computer softwareand related business may export
computer software and technical know-how services through information andtelecommunications links or freight forwarding or courier service.
174. The minimum export price shall not be restricted to the export products
except export of raw materials procured from domestic without any further
processing or manufacturing activities.
175.

A Business may export free samples, including molds made with wax orsilver or non-precious metal alloy or rubber without limitation of the quantity
through any permissible modes of export.
176. Supplies from the Domestic Tariff Area to an Authorized Operations in a
Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or Developer may be enjoyed export benefits
under the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law and these rules.

177. The procedure for export from aSpecial Economic Zone through seaports
or airports or inland container depot or container freight station or by Courier orby private logistic firm is as follows:(a)a consign or shall submit Shipping Billin quadruplicate together
with export declaration, invoice, packing list and other required
documents as per mode of export to the Authorized Customs
Officer;(b)

the Shipping Bill or airway bill shall be registered, assigned arunning serial number and assessed by the Authorized Customs
Officer in the manner and procedure as followed in case of exports
under free-shipping bill without any requirement of the counter
signature;(c)the Authorized Customs Officer shall check and seal the goodsat thepremises of the business. If services are exported in non-physicalform, the export value is to be furnished by the Business on selfcertification basis;(d)the Authorized Custom Officer shall not recheck the sealed goods atthe port or airport or inland container depot. Provided that the
Authorized Custom Officer may check such goods with thepermission of Director General of Custom Department when thereis specific intelligence information.

(e)the consignor may export through inland container depot within theSpecial Economic Zone, or through any port or airport or inland
container depot. Provided that in case of export of large quantities
of cargo from the Special Economic Zone may not be possible forcontinuous loading in one consignment, the Specified Customs
Officer may allow the export of such cargo with the undertaking
given by the Business which shall be exported within ninety days.
The business shall pay as per undertaking for the amount ofapplicable duty on the goods which are failed to export;(f)

notwithstanding contained in clause (d) of this rule, when the goods
are not checked or sealed by the Authorized Customs Officer at thepremises of the business, such goods shall be subjected to check by
the customs officer in charge at the port or airport or inland
container depot.

178.

The export of gems and jewellery shall apply the following procedures:(a)the following information shall be included when submitting theBill of Lading (B/L), invoice, packing list to the Authorized
Customs Officer:(i)description of the gems and jewellery, and quantity;(ii)

weight and percentage of purity, carat of precious stones andjewellery such as gold,

silver,platinum, diamond, ruby,sapphire, cubic zircon, etc;
(iii)

FOB Price, quantity and total value of each and every type ofgems and jewellery;(b)

the Business may export jewellery with the set price issued by
Designated Agency for the Gems and Jewellery based on thenational standard rate. That price shall be based on the prevailingmarket rate of Gold or rate of exchange from U.S. Dollar to
Myanmar Kyats.Provided that the certificate issued by theDesignated Agency shall not precede 3 working days from the dateof shipment or as may be notified by the Union Government;(c)a Business may export the goods through foreign post or courier
service as per the procedure of post or courier business;(d)a Business may export of goods and services, through another
Business or consignor or Free Zone Activity subject to following
conditions, namely:(i)goods or services shall be manufactured or developed in theBusiness concerned;(ii)

a Business shallabide by regulations with regard to the

Authorized Operations;(iii)

a Business shall abide by the provisions of this rule when theexport orders are received and the goods shall be directlytransferred from the Business premises to the airport or portof shipment;(e)the procedure for export through amerchant exporter are as follows;(i)when the goods are exported directly from the Special
Economic Zone or through any other port, the movement ofgoods can be done directly from the Special Economic Zone
to the said port of export as the movement of goods from one
warehouse to another;(ii)

the name of business and the name of the exporter shall bementioned in the export documents;(f)a Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity may transfer goods,
including goods imported or procured from Domestic Tariff Area,to another Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity, subject tothe following procedures, namely:(i)the transfer of goods shall be done with the sealed containeror sealed trucks between the receiving business andsupporting business which are located at different Special
Economic Zone;(ii)

the suppling Business shall submit the purchasing contractand necessary documents for transfer of goods, invoice andpacking list tothe

Authorized Customs Officer in theSpecial Economic Zone. The Authorized Customs Officer
shall issue the permitfor transfer of goods and seal thecontainers or trucks to transfer the goods to another Special
Economic Zone;(iii)

the receiving Business shall file purchasing contract, required
documents for the purpose of transfer of goods, invoice andpacking list together withthe permit issued by the

Authorized Customs Officer in charge of the Special
Economic Zone located in supplying businessto theAuthorized Customs Officer of the receiving business locatedin the Special Economic Zone;(iv)

the transferred goods shall be cleared by the Authorized
Customs Officer after assessment of documents submitted by
the receiving business;(v)

the receiving Business shall submit the delivery certificate to
the Authorized Customs Officer of

the Special Economic

Zone where the supplying business is located within forty-

fivedays If failed, the Authorized Customs Officer where

the supplying business is located, shall communicate to theCustoms Officer

having assessment from the receiving

business for demand of applicable duty;(vi)

where supplying and receiving Businesses in a Free Zone orFree Zone Activity are located in the same Special Economic
Zone, movement of goods including raw materials shall beallowed subject to maintenance of accounts by both receiving
and supplying Business in a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity
and no other documents shall be required to be filed.
Chapter XIX

Rules for distribution of movable goods from the Special Economic Zone to theDomestic Tariff Area
179.

Manufacturing Businesses within a Free Zone shall be allowed to sell

maximum twenty-five percent in value of their products manufactured bythemselves or any other goods imported by themselves into a Free Zone to theDomestic Tariff Area including a Promotion Zone. In such sale, buyer in a
Promotion Zone or in local market shall pay the duties and other taxes on such
goods imported from abroad.
180. The sale of finished products manufactured by Free Zone Activity to theDomestic Tariff Area shall apply the provision under the rule 179.

181. Rule 179 shall be applied when the goods imported by the Businesses
within a Free Zone have been sold, re-invoiced or reexported to anyone in theDomestic Tariff Area.
182. The import procedures for payment of customs duties for the same goods
imported by a Business within a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity shall be applied
for the sale of goods and services, including rejects or wastes or scraps or remnants
or by-products arising during the manufacturing process by a Business within aFree Zone or Free Zone Activity to the Domestic Tariff Area.
183. Goodsprocured from the Domestic Tariff Area and sold without being any
manufacturing processshall not be required import license.
184. When surplus of electricity generated from the Power Plant of Developer in
the Special Economic Zone may be sold to the Domestic Tariff Area, except thePromotion Zone or other Business in the Special Economic Zone, the duty andtaxes shall be paid upon the consumable inputs and raw materials used forgeneration of power.
185. When the Management Committee receives the proposal for sale of surplus
electricity, if necessary, in consultation with the responsible Ministry, it shall
examine for the electricity supply. It is not required in consultation with the
responsible Ministry for sale of electricity in the same Special Economic Zone.
186. The Management Committee shall set the standards and norms forelectricity generation by a Business within a Special Economic Zone.
187. Sale of surplus electricity power to Developers or Investors in the same orother Special Economic Zone shall not be paid for duty.

188. The sale of electricity to the Domestic Tariff Area shall obtainpermissions from
the Managemnet Committee and the relevant Ministry.
189. Duty and taxes on sale of surplus electricity to the Domestic Tariff Area
shall be paid under provisions contained in these Rules.
190. Relating to the matters of goods purchased for the domestic use,(a)the buyer from the Domestic Tariff Area shall submit the Import
Declaration

mentioning the description, model number and serial

number of the goods together with the invoice and packing list to the
Authorized Customs Officer;(b)a Business within the Free Zone or Free Zone Activity on behalf ofthe buyer,by the permission of the buyer from the Domestic Tariff
Area may submit the Import Declaration related to these goods to
the Authorized Customs Officer.

191. Valuation of the goods cleared into Domestic Tariff Area shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Tariff Law and rules asapplicable to the imported goods.
192. If the goods procured from the Domestic Tariffs Area by theBusinesswithin a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity have been sent back to the Domestic
Tariffs Area in the form of originally purchased goods or not much changes ofprocessing, deemed as reimport goods and the procedures of reimport goods
from the outside of country shall be followed. The import duty is exempted forsuch reimport goods. Import benefit shall not be paid for those goods as well.
The import declaration shall not be required for such case that those goods may
be reimported to Domestic Tariff Area according to the original invoice.

193.

A Business within a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity may transfer the

Capital Goods which were imported and used for their Authorized Operations in
the Special Economic Zone, to Domestic Tariff Area by payment of customs
duty exempted at a time of import.
194. In case of selling of Capital Goods imported with the duty free by the tradingbusiness or logistics business in a Free Zone to the Domestic Tariff Area , duty andother taxes shall be levied on such goods as required at the time of import.
195. Goods supplied by a Business within . a Free Zone or a Free Zone
Activity to Domestic Tariff Area on payment of duty may be brought back to theBusiness within a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity for the purpose of repair
within a period of 6 months from the date of clearance, or within a period
extended by the Specified Customs Officer or within the warranty period orwithin among them , the latest period, on payment of duty on the value of
repairs if the Specified Customs Officer is satisfiedafterverifying such goods.
196. The Business within a Free Zone or the developer may temporarily remove
the following goods to the Domestic Tariff Area without payment of duty, namely:
(a)

high

value

machineries

andequipments

used

in

the

constructionwork for short term;(b)capital goods and its parts for repairs and return thereof;(c)sample goods for display, or the goods displayed in the exhibition
for export promotion and return thereof;(d)goods for test, repair, refining and calibration and return thereof;(e)computers and other products can be used like computer or personal
goods for official employees of the businesses within the Special
Economic Zone and the Developer;(f)

the goods received the prior permission by the Management
Committee.

197. The goods imported for the purpose of repair or replacement or quality
testing or researchor enhancing quality or calibration from the Free Zone may betransferred to Domestic Tariff Area or abroad, if it transfers, by submitting to
the Specified Customs Officer and on maintenance of records for movement ofsuch goods.
198. A Business within a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity may transfer goods
for quality testing or research or technical development purposes, to any
recognized laboratory or institution, without payment of duty, on giving an
undertaking to the Authorized Customs Officer for the return of such goods. If
such goods have been consumed or destroyed in the process of testing or at thetime of research and development, the Business within a Free Zone or Free
Zone Activity shall submit a certificate from the laboratory or institution to that
effect to the Specified Customs Officer.
199. The Business within a Free Zone or Free Zone Activity or the Developer
shall undertake the movement of goods under the rules 196 to 197, based on theserially numbered document, authenticated by the Managing Director or ownerof the company or secretary of the company or the authorized representative of
the company.

200. Before usingof authenticated serial numbered document, these serial

numbers shall be presented in advance to the Authorized Customs Officer.
201.

Identification marks, models, serial numbers and specifications of thegoods received back after such use, test or repair or calibration should matchwith those mentioned in the authenticated documents issued by the authorized
representative of the Business within a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity or thedeveloper and signed by the Authorized Customs Officer at the time of taking
out such goods into Domestic Tariff Area.
202. The goods shall be brought back to the Free Zone within one hundred andtwenty days from the date of taking the goods out of the Free Zone or within theextended period permitted by the Specified Customs Officer.
203. If a Business within a Free Zone or a Free Zone Activity or the Developer
fails to bring back the goods within the period specified in above rule 202, theapplicable duty on such goods shall be paid .
204. Under the provisions of above rule 203 ,the Business within a Free Zone
or a Free Zone Activity may remove the goods including the capital goods toanother Business at the same Free Zone or to Domestic Tariff Area for test or
repair or calibration or re-conditioning or return. Such movement of goods
within the same Special Economic Zone shall be undertaken by maintaining therecords at the supplying and receiving places.
Chapter XX
Procedures for the Inspection of Contagious Diseases
205. The Contagious Diseases inspection shall be carried out, if necessary, theAuthorized Customs Officer of the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) at theSpecial Economic Zones shall inform to the responsible person from the
Ministry of Health.
206. The responsible person from the Ministry of Health attached to the One
Stop Service Center (OSSC) may carry out regular inspection.
207. The Management Committee shall consult with the relevant Ministry forfurther detailed inspection to be carried out as required and shall invite therespective technicians to the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) .It shall let themcarry out such inspection.
208.

The Management Committee shall carry out as the procedures of therelevant Ministry if it is found necessary to be taken further action underinspection.
Chapter XXI
Labor and Employment
209. The Management Committee shall carry out the labor matters in theSpecial Economic Zone as follows:(a)

The Management Committee supervises to ensure that theemployment agreements are made in accordance with the existing
Labor Law and regulations. The rights and duties of the employer
and employee shall be described in the employment agreements.
Moreover, employment matters, including minimum wages, salary,leave, holiday, overtime fees, compensation for dismissal fromwork and workmen’s compensationshall be administered in accord
with the existing Labor Law and regulations. The Investors and theDeveloper shall develop their own Internal regulations on labour
recruitment and shall submit it to the Management Committee;(b)

The Management Committee shall inspect and supervise to ensure
not to lose and to protect the rights of the employees, technicians
and staffs. The Management Committee shall inform twenty-fourhours in advance to the investor or the developer for the inspection.
Suchinspection

shall

be

carriedout

together

with

the

representatives from labor section of One Stop Service Center(OSSC) of the Special Economic Zone.
210. Investor or Developer in the Special Economic Zone shall submit theirown employment recruitment disciplines to the Managment Committee of therelevant Special Economic Zone if they use

it. The relevant Management

Committee may issue notification, order, directives and procedures for thelabour recruitments matters for the relevant Special Economic Zone.
211. The disciplines in the work place shall be informed clearly to the citizen or theforeigner, who has been appointed at a suitable post, at the time of executing
Employment Contract betweenthe Developer or Investor and the employees.
212. The Investor or the Developer shall apply to the Management Committee
in the event that they want to recruit foreign experts and technicians more than
the quantity stipulated under the section 75 of the Law to perform the
Authorized Operations.
213. According to the rule 212, Management Committee may give permission
after scrutinizing the followings facts when receiving the application:

(a)whether Myanmar Citizens undertake the responsibilities to begiven to the foreigner to be appointed or not ;(b)whether the responsibilities to be given to the foreigner shall besuitable with the Authorized Business Operation or not.

214. The Investor or the Developer shall obtain advance the work permit for
the foreigners to be employed in the Special Economic Zone from the authorized
person of the labor section of the One Stop Service Center (OSSC) of a Special
Economic Zone before commencing the business operation.
215. The labor section of the One Stop Service Center (OSSC)of a Special
Economic Zone shall provide service for the labour registration for both citizen
and foreigner before commencing the business operation.
216. Any employer in the Special Economic Zone shall be responsible toprovide the trainings arrangement necessary for the improvement of job skills,
technical skills, administrative skills of the employees and the staffs. The
Management Committee

shall ask for the arrangement of trainings for theemployees and reports from the employer, from time to time.
217. Foreigners employed in the Special Economic Zones shall apply for the
related matters of immigration such as, renewal of the entry visa, residency tothe immigration section of the One Stop Service Center (OSSC).
218. The employer shall inform, if any labor dispute arises between theemployer and employees, the technicians and the staffs in the Special Economic
Zone,to the Management Committee within twenty-four hours of the occurrenceof such dispute.

Chapter XXII
Miscellaneous
219. The Investor or the Developer who is desirous of terminating or winding
up its Business or reducing its paid-up capital shall notify and submit to therelevant Management Committee.
220. The relevant Management Committee shall issue the identity card forvalidity period of five following years as the FORM-H to the business owners
and their employees appointed at their authorized business operations for the
regular entry to the Free Zone at the Special Economic Zone.
221. Such Identidy Card holder shall:(a)return all issued identity cards, commencing from the day on whichbusiness shut down when such business is terminated;(b)

return the identity card to the relevant Management Committee by
any employee who has been resigned the job from the current
Business or the Developer.

222. The relevant Management Committee shall issue identity cards to thecontractors and their visitors as FORM-H.A proper record of such entries shallbe maintained at the Free Zone Gate.
223. Unless otherwise specified in these rules, self-declaration of all inward or
outward movement of goods into or from the Special Economic Zone shall bemade by the Investor or the Developer. There may be no routine inspection ofsuch goods unless the specific order is issued by the Management Committee.

224. The Management Committee may form a supporting group with therepresentatives from the relevant ministries and government organizations or the
representatives of Investors and Developers, others relevant personnel andpersonnel from private organizations.For such formation may be formed, if
necessary, as per provisions of Myanmar Companies Act or Special Company
Act or their successive laws.
225. When these rules are issued, a Development Business or an Investment
Business shall apply to the provision under these rules.

Union Minister
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development

FORM-AAPPLICATION TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
[Subrule (a) of Rule 24]
1.

Full Name and address(a)Name of the Applicant(b)Full Address(Regd. Office and Head Office)(c)

Zip Code (sign/mark)(d)Tel. Number(e)

Fax Number(f)E-Mail Address(g)Name and address of each of the Directors/
Partners/ Promoters2.

Nature of the Business to be applied(a)Public Limited Company(b)

Private Limited Company(c)

Proprietorship(d)Partnership(e)Others (please specify)

Note: Copy of certificate of incorporation along with Article of Association andMemorandum of Association in case of companies and partnership deed in caseof partnership firms shall be attached.
3.

Location of the proposed Special Economic Zone:4.

Details of the proposed Special Economic Zone:(a)

Distance from the nearest Sea Port or Airport or Rail or Road headto the proposed Special Economic Zone.

(b)

Indicate the area of the proposed Special Economic Zone (inhectares)(c)

To furnish the documents for possession if the applicant is owner ofthe land(d)

In the case of lease hold land, frunish the lease conditions.

(e)

If the land is not in ownership or possession, furnish activities being
taken for acquisition of land.

(f)Furnish whether the area is contiguous or not or whether there is
any thoroughfare or not .

5.

Proposed financial and investment details:(a)Cost of the lease of land, soil type and quality
i.e. waste and barren land, suitable for single crop or double crop

etc.
(b)

Cost of proposed infrastructure, namely:(1)

Development of land(2)Boundary walls, roads, drainage, water supply,
electricity, etc

( c)

(3)

Ready built up factory premises (Rental factory)

(4)

Port

(5)

Airport(6)

Others, (if any, in details).

Total investment(In US$)

6.

Financial situation(a)

Paid upequity capital

(b)

Loan

(c)

External Commercial Loan, if any, furnish in details.

(d)Other sources
Total

7.

8.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)(a)

Amount of investment(US$ million)(b)

Source of FDI (Country and Company in details).

Equitycapital including foreign investment(a)

Authorized Capital (Amount in Thousand Kyat)(1)

Amount of Capital to be contributed.

(2)

Subscribed(3)Type of CapitalNote: If it is existing company, furnish the classification of the existing andproposed capital structure(b)

Pattern of share-holding in the paid-up capital (Amount inThousand Kyat) or (ThousandUS $)(1)

9.

Foreign shareholding(2)

Myanmar company/non-resident foreigner individual holding(3)

Resident holding

(4)

Total

Development of identified area as Special Economic Zone in Myanmar

furnishes the followings in details:
Area (in hectares)(a)

Proposed area for development of the Special Economic Zone(b)

Proposed area for Free Zone(c)

Proposed area for Promotion Zone(d)

Proposed area for production (to classify the production in Free
Zone and Promotion Zone)(e)

Development activities to be undertaken in the Special Economic
Zone, namely:(1)

Site development(2)

Demarcation(3)

Construction of roads

(4)Installation of water supply, waste water treatment andsewage systems

(f)

(g)
10.

(5)

Power distribution system(6)

Telecom facilities(7)

Construction of factory buildings and warehouses(8)

Any other activity which may be required in the Free Zone.

Activities proposed in Promotion Zone, namely:(1)

Residential housing(2)

Commercial complex(3)

Recreation facilities(4)

Corporate Social Responsibility activities (in details)(5)

Others requirements

Standard operation and maintenance of the facilities proposed

To indicate exports produced directly and indirectly during the first five

year period.
(To attach a project report, and economic and commercial feasibility ofthe proposal)
11.

Has the applicant obtained any permission or approval from the Union

Government for establishing any other Special Economic Zones, if so, details
may be given and/or whether any such application is pending by the Union
Government?
Place:
Date:

Name ------------------------------Signature of the Applicant--------

Tel.No-------------------------------

Fax-----------------------------------

E-mail-------------------------------Web-Site, (if any)-----------------Full Residential Address---------UNDERTAKING

I/We hereby undertake to abide by the provisions of the Myanmar Special
Economic Zone Law, rules and orders made thereunder. I/We hereby declarethat the above statements are true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge
and belief. I/We will abide by any other condition, which may be stipulated by
the Union Government. I/We fully understand that any Letter of Approval
granted to me/us on the basis of the statement furnished is liable to cancellationor any other action that may be taken having regard to the circumstances of thecase if it is found that any of the statements or facts therein are incorrect or false.
An affidavit duly sworn in support of the above information is enclosed.
Place: -------------------Date: ---------------------Signature of the Applicant------------Name (in Block Letters)---------------

Designation-----------------------------Official Seal/Stamp--------------------Tel. No----------------------------------E-mail-----------------------------------Web-Site--------------------------------Full Residential Address---------------

FORM –B

PERMIT FOR DEVELOPER OF THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
[ Rule 25]
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Date…………
To:
Subject:

Setting up of Special Economic Zone

Reference:Your proposal/s No............dated...............
Sir/Madame,
With reference to your above mentioned application, the Government of the
Republic of the Union of Myanmar approve your proposal for development,
operation and maintenance of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at............................village,.................Districtin the State of ......................., as per
details given below:
1.

PROPOSAL and PROJECT details:
To set up a Special Economic Zone with the area of ..........at.............
( Place , District and Name of the State).

2.

DEVELOPER: .................. (Name of the developer)

3.

General Conditions:(a)The Developer shall develop, operate and maintain the Special
Economic Zone in terms of the Myanmar Special EconomicZone
Law and the rules made thereunder.

(b)

The Developer shall implement and operate the project in terms of
the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, rules and orders madethereunder.

(c)

The Developer shall obey to the environmental requirements.

(d)

The Developer shall abide by the local Laws, rules, regulations andby-Laws in regard to area land planning, sewerage disposal,
environmental conservation, labour laws and any other regional
activities.

(e)

The Developer may raise the required funds for establishment ofSpecial Economic Zone. If it is necessary to borrow external loan,
he shall abide by the regulations of the Government of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar.

(f)

The Developer shall carry out the business within the approval
period 1 year. The report of business implementation and progress
report shall be

submitted to the Union Government every six

months.
(g)

The permit maybe suspended in case of violation of any regulations
and by-laws stipulated herein.

(h)The operation and maintenance of the services shall be made as per
the standards specified in the proposal and to the satisfaction of theusers.

(i)The Developer shall have adequate human resources to provide thefacilities.

(j)

The Investment charges may be negotiated and incurred between
the Developer and Investor under the advice of the Management
Committee. This fact may be altered under the agreement of thesaid persons.

(k)

The Developer shall obtain the approval of the Management
Committee for enabling to carry out the development, operation andmaintenance of Special Economic Zone. After getting the approvalof the management committee and declaring as the Special
Economic Zone, the Developer shall be entitled for duty-free importor domestic procurement of goods for the approved activities.

(l)

In carrying out the permitted authorized operationsmentioned in the
proposal, it shall be carried out in accordance with the restriction
mentioned in the Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law, rules andregulations there of.

(m)

No duty-free goods shall be available for personal use of, or
consumption by officials, workers, staff or owners of the Investor or
Developer.

(n)

Normally, the implementation period of the business shall beallowed not exceeding three years. Any request, however, may beconsidered by the Central Body for the Myanmar Special Economic
Zone, on merits. Such request shall be applied to the Union
Government withinsix (6) months before expiry of the approval
period.

4.

Privileges of Developer:(a)

The Union Government may grant the privileges to the Developerin the implementation of the approved

business according tosection 40 and clause (a) of section 44 of the Myanmar Special
Economic Zone Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.1/2014)
rdenacted on the 23 January, 2014.
(b)

The other stipulations as approved by the Central Body as
mentioned in the Annex to this letter shall also be obeyed(c)

The Developer shall inform the acceptance of all facts mentioned
above within thirty days from the date of receipt of this letter. If
required to communicate, it shall be addressed to the Chairman of
the Management Committee.

(d)

The Developer may send the facts in detail, including the map indicating
the Special Economic Zone area permitted by the Union Government.

5.

The Developer shall submit heinterestsonimport, procurement and utilization

ofgoods to the chairman of the Management Committee, based on the Myanmar
Special Economic Zone Rules.

Chairman
The Management Committee of the Special EconomicZone

FORM –CAPPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF BUSINESSOPERATION[ Rule 29]
1.

Name and address of the Developer:

2.

Letter of Permit No. and Date:

3.

Issuance Date of Permit:4.

Expiry date of permit of the Special

Economic Zone:
5

Whether application for extension has been made before the expiry date ofpermit or not ,if yes, date of application:
6.

Period of Extension:

7.

Whether the Special Economic Zone has been declared or not. If yes,date of Declaration:

8.

If it is declared as the special Economic Zone, the Management
Committee of the Special Economic Zone shall declared as the Free Zone
and the Promotion Zone:

9.

Development project to be implementated for 3 years performances ofbusiness shall be listed. List the default operations carried out likeboundary walls, preparation of site, administrative block, electrification,
roads, water pipelines, other authorized activities etc. for implementing
the Special Economic Zone shall be listed in descriptive details:

10.

Proposed time frame for completion of the work:

11.

Reasons for application of extension:
I/We hereby declare that the above statements are true and correct to thebest of my/our knowledge and belief. I/We will abide by any othercondition, which may be stipulated by the Government of the Republic of
the Union of Myanmar. I/We fully understand that any Letter of permit
issued to me/us on the basis of the statement furnished is liable tocancellation or any other action that may be taken having regard to thecircumstances of the case if it is found that any of the statements or facts
therein is incorrect or false.
Place: ----------------Date: -----------------Signature of the Applicant-------------Name (in Block Letters)---------------Designation------------------------------Official Seal/Stamp---------------------Tel. No-----------------------------------E-mail------------------------------------Web-Site, if any-------------------------Others------------------------------------Full Residential Addres-----------------

Permission of the Chairman of the Management Committee
The proposal has been examined and my permission is as follows:Signature of the Chairman of the Management Committee

FORM-D

QUARTERLY REPORT TO BE FURNISHED BY THE DEVELOPERTOTHE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE[Rule 30]
PERIOD OF REPORTING:QUARTERLY (APRIL-JUNE)(JULY-SEPTEMBER) (OCTOBERDECEMBER) (JANUARY-MARCH)
1.

Name and address of the Developer

2.

Permit No. and Date

3.

Details of Authorized Operations approved by the Central Body

4.

Land
(a)

Proposed total areas(b)

Areas now in possession and future development plans (c)Areaearmarked for processing area

5.

(d)

Details of processing area developed(a)

Details of imports or procurement of goods made for Authorized
Operations, from inception till last quarter opening balance(b)

Details of imports or procurement of goods made for Authorized
Operations during the current quarter(c)

Details of consumption of goods imported or procured [(a)+(b)](d)

Details of imported goods held in stock at the end of the quarter (a)+ (b) - (c)6.

Details of infrastructure developed in the processing area and the nonprocessing area

7.

Other details of progress of implementation of the project(SIGNATURE)
Developer

FORM-E
APPLICATION FORM FOR SETTING UP BUSINESS INSPECIAL
ECONOMIC ZONE
[Rule 47]
Reference:
Date:
PART – I
1.

Applicant(a)Name of the applicant/ company(b)

Full address of the Registered Office/Head Office for applicant/company(c)Tel. No.

(d)Fax No.

(e)

Web-Site (if any)(f)

Official Representative
Name(Male/Female)
Date of Birth
CitizenPassport No.,Issued Organization and Issued Date-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Designation
Permanent address
Home Address
Telelphone No.
Fax(g)

Authorized capital and permitted capital(h)Business to be undertaken actually (Types of business)(i)

Types of Production / Services(j)

The location of business and the type ofbusiness in each situation(Including the business in foreign)(k)Number of Staff (origin country/others)(l)Company History (Summary)(m)

The specific facts of Company(n)

The files attached with
(1)

Memorandumof Association and Articiles of Association (ifit is a company, express in English)(2)

The pamphlet of company

(3)The report by Certified Public Accountant (describe for 3
years)

2.

Business to be undertaken in the SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
According to the current programme, describe the followings

(c)

(a)

Company to undertaking a business(b)

Address of the Head Office

Legal Representative

(d)

(1)

Name

(2)

(Male/Female)(3)

Date of Birth(4)

Citizen(5)

Passport No., Issued Organization and Issued Date

(6)

Designation(7)

Permanent address(8)Home Address(9)

Telelphone Number (in Myanmar)

(10)

Fax

Applied type of business (to make mark)(1)

Business within Free Zone

(2)

Free Zone Activity(3)

Business within Promotion Zone

(4)
(e)

Other Activities

Type of business:-Production-Service.

(f)

Location of the business and land area to be used(g)

Period to do business(h)

Factory construction plan(i)Type of production and service(j)

Initial capital to do the business(Kyat in thousand or US$ in thousand)Foreigner

Citizen

Total

Permitted Capital(Percentage)
Foreign Loan
(Percentage)
Total(Percentage)
Remark: To furnish the name of borrower, period of loan, interest rate
and plan for repayment, if it is foreign loan.
(k)Contribution of the main shareholder to Authorized capital(Kyat in thousand or US$ in thousand)(l)Name ofContribution

Shareholder

AmountForeigner/Citzen

Share
Percentage

Sales, Profit and Loss (Kyat in thousand or US$ in thousand)st

1 year 2
Balance
ExportDomestic
Machinary
ExportDomestic
Gross Profit
Management Cost
Profit Before Tax

nd

year

rd

3 yearth

4 yearth

5 yearNote: Year meansan operation year after the commercial operation.
(m)Capital goods to be used in the business. (Goods and machinery, others)
Capital goods,
machinery andothersNumberRemark (detail description,(Unit)

special characteristics etc:)

Import materials
Localpurchasing
Import materials
Localpurchasing
Import materials
Localpurchasing
Note: The Management Committee shall formulate forms for next
steps in the registration of details of the import materials to be usedin the business.
(n)

Raw materials/ other inputs to be used in the business(Unit)
Component

Quantitymaterials/

Semi-

finished

goods/

st

1 year

2

nd

year

rd

3 yearth

4 year

5

th

year

Importmaterial
Localpurchasing
Note: Year meansan operation year after commercial operation. The

Management Committee of---------Special Economic Zone shallformulate the details including components, semi-finished goods,
raw material with forms for next steps.
(o)Process of Production and explanation(p)

Appointment of employee(Employment)

Year

Occupation
Administration
Expertst

1 yearLabour
Total

2

nd

year

-

-

3 year

-

-

-

-

rd
th

4 yearForeigner

Citizen

Total

th

5 year(q)--

Requirement of Infrastructure
Requirement amountInfrastructure

InitialPeriod(1)Water(in Cubic

Normal Operation

meter)(a)For manufacturing process(b)For drinking purpose(c) Others(to mention)(d) Total requirement(2)Electricity (Describe by KVA)
(3) Participation of foreigners (Describe briefly if it is done byagreement and not necessary to mention in money value.)
(a)
(b)

(r)

Technicial Agreement

License Exchange Agreement(c)Administrative Agreement(d)Market Cooperation Agreement(e)OthersEnvironmental conservation and protection plan and reduction of social
impact(1)

Volume and nature of solid waste and plan for disposal(2)

Describe if there is a system for waste management

(s)Plan for dormitory, transport, lunch and other supplementary rights(Furnish current plan)(t)

Vocational training programme to support citizen workers (Furnish
current plan)(u)Other Factors(1)

If the applicant was issued license in accordance with the Foreign
Investment Law, the complete facts, reference, issued date, typeof products and progress report of the each project which are
relating to the license.

(2)

Describe if the applicant, or the shareholders or the directors ofother companies or organizations were prohibited to obtainlicense in occordance with the Foreign Investment Law or
Foreign Trade Law or Foreign Exchange Management Law or
Customs Acts.

Place
Date
Signature of the Applicant----------------Name-----------------------------------------UNDERTAKING
I/We hereby declare that the above statements are true and correct to thebest of my/our knowledge and belief. I/We shall abide by any other condition,
which may be stipulated by the Chairman of the Management Committee.

I/We fully understand that any permit and permission granted to me/us on
the basis of the statement furnished is liable to cancellation or any other actionthat may be taken having regard to the circumstances of the case if it is foundthat any of the statements or facts therein are incorrect or false.
I/We shall strictly follow the provisions stipulated by the developer in the------ zone of ------- Special Economic Zone and also follow the policy of anticorruption.
Place:

Signature of the Applicant------------------

Date: ___________Name in Block Letters---------------------Designation----------------------------------Official Seal/Stamp ------------------------Tel. No.--------------------------------------E-mail----------------------------------------Full Address-------------------PART-II

If sub-contracting is envisaged in the manufacturing operations, furnish
following details:(i) Sub-contracting permission is required for:(a) part of the production process (quantity)(b) any particular production process (give details)(ii) Name and address and other particulars of sub-contractor (if there is the
sub-contractor )(a)Domestic Tariff Area(b)

Business in Promotion Zone(c)

Free Zone Activities(d)

Other Special Economic Zone Activities

FORM-F
PERMIT OF INVESTMENT BUSINESSTHE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
[ Rule 50]........................Town
Dated............................
Subject: Proposal for setting up a Business in the Special Economic Zone.
Reference: Application No. …of ….Company.

dated..........

Dear Sirs,
With reference to the above mentioned application, the Management Committee.......Special Economic Zone permits …..Company to do investment businesssubject to the provisions of the Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law and therules and orders ....... for undertaking Authorized Operations, especially services,including manufacturing and trading as under:
Authorized Operations
1. Items of manufacture:
2. Service activities:
Authorized Location of Business

1. Free Zone
2. Promotion Zone
Supports for Investment

If the approval of the Management Committee of Special Economic Zone has
been obtained, the Authorized Operations of the relevant company is allowed toentitle the privileges under Sections 32, 44 and49of the Myanmar Special

Economic Zone Law.
Terms and Conditions:(i)

It shall export the manufactured goods, import, and procure for trading
and services under the provisions of the Myanmar Special Economic
Zones Law and Rules ;(ii)

It shall abide by facts laid down by the Environmental Conservation
Department for not impacting the environment.;(iii)

Time import or procure all the goods all the items in the Domestic
Traffic Area, except those prohibited by the Management Committee;(iv)

It may export or sell goods or services in the Domestic Tariff Area, in
accordance with the provisions of the Myanmar Special Economic
Law, rules and orders;(v) This permits valid within a period of 3 years from its date of issue. It
may implement the Authorized
Operations and the projects within 3 year period. extended period ;(vi)Date of commencement of Authorized Operation shall be intimated to
the Chairman of the Management Committee;(vii)This Permit shall be valid throughout the validity period or extended
validity period of the Authorized Operation;(viii) The permit shall be decided based on the detail proposal furnished by
the investor.;(ix)

The provisions of Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law, rules andorders shall be abided by and exercised.;(x)

If the authorized operation may not commerce within validity period
or extended period to carry out ,the permit of such operation shall be
void at the time of the end of the validity period;(xi)

If it fails to comply with the above conditions stipulated , the permit
shall be avoided ;(xii) If it is required to alter the terms and conditions of the permit, it shallbe addressed to the Chairman of theManagement Committee.
Notification of the situations and restrictions
1. Taking aforeign loan or other conduct to borrow or making documents
there are assumed to take a loan without prior approval of the Central
Bank shall not be allowed and conditions stipulated by the Central
Bank shall be abided. It should be learnt of the para 48 to 52 containedin Foreign Currency Exchange Management Procedure promulgated inth

30 September, 2014 relating to taking a foreign loan.
2. The investor shall take the building permit of the relevant departments,
the certificate of the fire security, and the permit of the environment
conservation from One Stop Service Centre of Special Economic Zone
before building factory.

Chairman, the Management Committee............. Special Economic Zone
Copy forwarded to:Vice Chairman ...........Special Economic Zone

FORM-GQUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE
INVESTOR TO THE MANAGEMENT COMITTEE[Rule74]
PERIOD OF REPORTING: (APRIL-MARCH)
Period.........
Part – I
1.

Name of the Investor:

2.

Item of manufacture/service activity:

3.

Export(a)(In thousand MMK)FOB value of exports for the Year
(Indicate items of exports)

4.

(b)

Cumulative value of exports for the five-year period(c)Countries of exports

Import(a)(In thousand MMK)

Raw materials and other inputs utilized(1)

Opening balance of imported raw materials, consumables,
components, packing materials etc.

(2)

Cost, Insurance and Freight(CIF) value

(3)Cumulative value of imports for the five year period(a+b)(4)

The value of goods and services received from other investor
in Special Economic Zone during such quarterly or the above
import.

(5)

Total (c+d)(6)

The value of goods and services transferred to other investors
in theSpecial Economic Zone during such quarterly period or
the above imports(7)

Closing balance of the above imports.

(8)

Import and value of components actually utilized during
quarterly period {(e)-[f+g]}(b) Capital goods(1)

Cost, Insurance and Freight(CIF) value of imports(2)

Value of imported capital goods and components received
from other Investors in Speical Economic Zone during
quarterly period(3)

Total (1+2)(4)

Value of imported capital good, andcomponents during

quarterly period (3+4)(5)

Total value of imported capital goods and components during
quarterly period (3-4)(6)

Proportionate amortized value of imported capital goods
taken for Net Foreign Exchange Earnings calculations.

5.

Other outflow of Foreign Exchange (Royalty, technical know-how fee,
repatriation of Dividend/Profits, Payment of Sales Commission, Intereston overseas borrowings, etc.) during quarterly period

6.

Total outflow [4.A (8) +4.B (6) +5]

7.

Net Foreign Exchange Earnings for quarterly period [3(a)-6]8.

Net Foreign Exchange earning position at the end of previous year.

9.

Cumulative Net Foreign Exchange Earnings for the five year period [7+8]Part - II1.

2.

Domestic Tariff Area Sales Value(a)Sale of finished goods/services(b)

Sales of rejects(c)Sale of by-product(d)Sale of Waste/Scrap

(e)

Total

(In thousand MMK)

Capital structure of the enterprise
(a)

(b)

Capital(1)

Authorised capital(2)

Paid up capital

Overseas investments:(1)

Approved(2)

Actual Inflow during the year

(3)

Cumulative actual investment for 5 years

3.

Employment Male/ Female

4.

Investment in the Special Economic Zone

(in thousand MMK)(a)

Building: ...........................................

(b)

Plant and Machinery: ...........................................
(1)

Internal : ...........................................

(2)Import(Cost,

InsuranceandFreight

value):...........................................
(3)
5.

Total (1) + (2): ...........................................

Other Information(a)Foreign commercial borrowing pending at the end of last
year:

(b)

(1)

Loans less than three years; (Amount in $)(2)

Loans more than three years; (Amount in $)Cases

pendingforobtainingtheforeignexchange

realization, if any.
Date of export………………….
Name of importer …………….
Address…………………………
Total Amount…………………………
(SIGNATURE)
with Seal of Co.
Note: The information given in the formats should be authenticated by the authorized
representative of the Investor and certified by a Certified Accountant.

PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD (ID card)[Rule 220]
Serial Number:

Date of Issue:

PHOTO

Valid until:
1.

Name of the Unit (as mentioned in photo) or Name of the Contractor (asmentioned in the photo of temporary registration card), address and License
number.
2.

Name of the Card Holder

3.

Designation
Signature of the Officer……………………..
Management Committee

INSTRUCTIONS
1.

This card should be worn by the pass holder all the time inside the Free

Zone.
2.

This card is not transferable.

3.

This card shall be shown when it is asked by the Security and Customs(responsible person) staff.
4.

The card holder and his/her vehicle should be checked for Security

purpose at the gate.
5.

The loss of this pass shall immediately be reported to the Security Officer.

6.

This card shall be surrendered to the Security Officer,when it is being on

expiry.