Department of Trade

            The Fourth Negotiation Roundof the Working Group on Competition for the ASEAN- Canada Free Trade Agreement (4th ACAFTA WGC) was held virtually on 16th November 2023.

   The 105th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services –  105th CCS is holding in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam in hybrid format from 15 to 17 November, 2023. The meeting is attended by representatives from all ASEAN Member States and the responsible persons from the ASEAN Secretariat. Three officials from Department of Trade, Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar, officials from Malaysia and Philippines have also joined the meeting virtually.

Department of Commerce Thursday Talk Session

1.       Thursday Talk was held at the conference hall, the department of trade under the Ministry of Commerce, office No. 3, on November 10, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:00.

2.       U Ye Htet Zaw, staff officer in the department of trade, presented the topic on with “Technologies developed during the Industrial Revolution and Human Organization of the Future”.

The Opening of the Course on Civil Service Laws and Regulations

1.        Following the guidance of the Union Minister for the Ministry of Commerce, the Trade Education Division, operating under the Department of Trade, is actively executing the Human Resource Development Plan.

           The 4thround of negotiation of the Working Group on Competition and Consumer Protection (WGCC) for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement was virtually held on 7th November 2023.

           Representatives from the Competition and Consumer Protection Sectors in ASEAN member States, China and the ASEAN Secretariat Office attended the meeting.

         The 2ndcaucus for the 4th round of negotiation of the Working Group on Competition (WGC) for the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA) was virtually held on 6th November 2023.

Representatives from the Competition Sector in ASEAN Member States, Canada and the ASEAN Secretariat Office attended the meeting.

        As representatives from Myanmar, officials from Myanmar Competition Commission Office were present.

Export-Import Procedure Training

          In accordance with the guidance of the Union Minister for the Ministry of Commerce, the Trade Education Division under the Department of Trade has been implementing the Human Resource Development Plan.

          Export-Import Procedure Training was conducted on October 27th (Friday). It was designed for young officers and other ranks to widen their knowledge about the Export-Import Procedure Training.

Nay Pyi Taw, October 23

   The Representative Training on the registration of Industrial Design(1/2023) was held in virtual format at the meeting room of the office No.52 of the Ministry of Commerce, Nay Pyi Taw in the morning of October 23, 2023 and the Director General of the Intellectual Property Department delivered an opening speech.

The Opening of Competition Law Course

 In accordance with the guidance of the Union Minister for the Ministry of Commerce, the Trade Education Division under the Department of Trade has been implementing the Human Resource Development Plan.

The training was conducted from October 23 to October 24 (Monday and Tuesday), and it was designed for young officers and other ranks to widen their knowledge about competition policy.

Nay Pyi Taw, October 21, 2023

Awareness workshop on Industrial Design was held in virtual format at the meeting room of the office (52) of the Ministry of Commerce, Nay Pyi Taw in the morning on October 21, 2023 and the Director General of the Intellectual Property Department delivered an opening speech.

The awareness workshop was attended by the total number of seventy-five participants, the representatives from the respective ministries and the organizations including the responsible persons from the Intellectual Property Department.