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Table 3.6 Recommendations for import
Concerned ministries: MONREC, Department of Environmental Conservation
List of commodities needing a recommendation for importation: Hazardous waste, as defined by the Basel Convention
Other certificates needed: Hazardous waste, as defined by the Basel Convention, is not allowed to be imported, due to insufficient environmentally sound management facilities

3.31. (...) According to MOC Notification No. 68/2020, which was issued on 22 October 2020 (latest available), 3,931 (approximately 35% of all 10-digit level tariff lines) were on the import negative list and required either an automatic or non-automatic licence for import. (...) Currently, goods subject to licensing include: ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases; animals and animal products; plants, plant products and new plant varieties;(...) wild live animals and plants; pesticides; hazardous waste – waste, parings, and scrap of plastics; (...) scheduled wastes (toxic and hazardous wastes) (...)

Table 3.7 Export recommendation
Goods category: Endangered species and plants (CITES), and sawn timber and forest products
Type of certificate: Certificate for Legality of Forest Products
Ministry/government department responsible: Forest Department

3.50. Under the provisions of the Export and Import Law, 2012, Myanmar prohibits the export of certain goods. As per the Law, the MOC maintains the list of prohibited and restricted goods, which are approved by the Union Cabinet. (...) , this list includes the export of diamonds, crude oil, ivory, elephants, horses and rare animals, (...)

3.51. With a view to protecting national security, human life, morality and religion, and the environment, various ministries and departments also prohibit the export of certain goods, such as (...) forestry products (raw timber, such as logs, boule-cut, baulk-square) that are prohibited under existing laws and regulations. Myanmar also prohibits the export of products prohibited under the UN Charter and international conventions.

3.52. With a view to ensuring domestic supply of essential goods, ensuring national security, and protecting human, plant, and animal life and the environment, the MOC can impose temporary export restrictions. (...)

Table 3.8 Export licence recommendations
Concerned ministries: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC)
List of commodities: Sawn timber and forest products, chemicals that can destroy the ozone layer

Table 3.11 Financial assistance programmes for SMEs, 2020
Organization: Responsible Business Fund Project, Denmark-Myanmar Country Programme (2016 20)
Kind of assistance: Grant
Specific area (SMEs): Energy efficiency, Water use efficiency, Waste treatment and recycling
Related policy, laws, rules, and regulations: SME Development Policy, 2015; SME Development Law, 2015; SME Development Rules

3.80. The process of formulating standards occurs in six stages: (i) proposal; (ii) preparatory; (iii) committee; (iv) enquiry; (v) approval; and (vi) publication. Through these stages, standards are set under 25 Standardization Technical Sub-Committees [48], whose members are stakeholders from the UMFCCI, the Attorney General’s Office, public organizations, universities, and businesses. (...)

[48] The 25 committees concern: (...) (xviii) environmental protection (...).

3.85. As stipulated by the National Food Law and the National Drug Law, food and pharmaceuticals must be labelled. Genetically modified food is subject to labelling requirements. (...)