Dawei SEZ: Gateway between ASEAN and Western Countries
Centre of Logistics based Industry
Proximity to Eastern Seaboard and GMS Southern Economic Corridor - backup
Dawei SEZ completes GMS Southern Economic Corridor, connecting regional supply chain linkage through Thailand's Eastern Seaboard
Road links to Thailand
Key highlights
> Complete GMS Southern Economic Corridor: Dawei SEZ establishes regional connectivity and creates land bridge from Dawei - Bangkok - Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh
> Supply chain linkage with Thailand's Estern Seaboard (ESB): co-manfacturing linkages with the ESB and including the economic activities along the corridor
> Strong economic and political linkage of ASEAN
> Opportunity to accept factories of labor intensive industries
> New production base:
- Creating new areas for industrial expansion in the region
- Increasing the regions' trade volume
> Economic and social development: job creation, enhanced livelihood and basic infrastructure improvement
Vision for Dawei SEZ: Myanmar Regionally-Integrated, World-Class and Export-Focused Special Economic Zone
Vision for Dawei SEZ
Regionally-Integrated
> Fostering Asian regional integration and completing GMS Southern Economic Corridor
> Linking South-East Asia to the West
> Integrating with domestic gateways and SEZs
Export-Focused
> Focusing on serving the western markets (e.g. textile, fishery)
> Completing the missing rapidly chain links of AEC (e.g. steel, automotive, E&E)
World-Class
> Deep-sea port competing with the largest ports in the region, the largest in Myanmar
> Largest SEZ in size in South-East Asia
> Taking into account sustainability