The volume of foreign investment from 19 countries in Thilawa SEZ reached more than USD $ 1.86 billion till September 2019

Foreign investment volume from 19 countries in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) reached more than US$ 1.86 billion till 2019 September with Japan topping more than 36 %, said the source from the Department of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).
A total of 113 businesses from 19 countries that made foreign investments in Thilaway SEZ were US$ 1.862 billion.
The investment volume of Japan was about US$ 674.488 million, accounting for 36.21 % and its investment businesses were 37. The investment volume of Singapore was US$ 650 million, accounting for more than 34 % and its investment businesses were 27.
The investment volume of Thailand was more than US$ 170 million, accounting for more than 9 % and ROK, more than 96 million and more than 5 %.
The investment volume of Hong Kong in Thilawa SEZ accounted for more than 3 % and Myanmar, nearly 3 %, and the UK, the UAE and Australia, more than 1 %.
The investment of Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Panama, China, Brunei, Vietnam, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands remained below one percent.

(Eleven Media Group: https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/foreign-investment-volume-in-thilawa-sez-reaches-more-than-us-186-billion-till-2019-september )

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