Tuesday 28 May 2013

Myanmar signs agreement with Japan to develop Thilawa SEZ

Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday visited and witnessed a signing ceremony for a bilateral agreement to develop the first phase of Thilawa Special Economic Zone.


Three Japanese companies and Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Development Public Company (MTSDPC) will take part in the first-phase implementation, according to the agreement.

The Japanese companies are Mitsubishi, Marubeni and Sumitomo, and the MTSDPC is a joint-venture which is formed with nine public companies.

The first-phase will deal with calculation of investment amounts and ratios by the two countries, and selling shares for shareholders-to-be when it’s set.

“We will try our best to prevent any monopolistic acts over selling shares,” said Set Aung who is the chairman of Thilawa SEZ Development Management Committee.

Thilawa SEZ will be jointly developed by Myanmar’s companies with 51 percent of stake and Japan’s companies with 49 percent.

The Thilawa project covers an area of over 2,000 hectares between Thanlyin and Kyauktan townships in Yangon Region.

Japan has offered to provide US$205 million as an ODA loan to Myanma Port Authority to build a port in Thilawa and an agreement will come soon for the loan to be signed.

Japanese government and companies showed their interests in the zone and Mr Abe’s visit included a delegation of 150 Japanese business leaders.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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