We did this presentation in international business lecture. In the presentation, we present about culture similarities and differences between two countries, export and import products between two countries and general information of two countries.

1. • AUNG KO OO
• CHAW YIN MIN TUN
• EI EI NYEIN
• THEINT YIN TUN

2. Still Differences Even Near
Vs

3. General Information of two countries
Naypyidaw & Yangon
Burmese
Therawāda Buddhism
68% Burmese,9% Shan,7%
Karen,4%Rakhine,3%Chinese,
2%Indian,2% Mon,5% other
Republic of Union of Myanmar
676,578 km2
Over 51 million
$1,700 (2013 est.)
Bangkok
Thai
Buddhism
75–85% Thai, Central &
Northeastern Thai ,
Northern & Southern Thai
Kingdom of Thailand
513,120 km2
Over 67 million
$9,900 (2013 est.)
 Captial & Largest City
 Offical language
 Religion
 Ethinic
 Government
 Area
 Population
 GDP

4. Industries agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin,
tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals;
fertilizer; oil and natural gas; garments, jade, gems
Industrial production
growth rate
11.4%
Agriculture - products rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; fish and fish
products; hardwood
Household income or
consumption by
percentage share
lowest 10% : 2.8%
highest 10% : 32.4%
Inflation rate
(consumer prices)
5.7%
Labor force 34.31 million
Unemployment rate 4.02%
Budget revenues: $2.413 billion
expenditures: $4.443 billion

5. Industries manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances,
computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture,
plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's
second-largest tungsten producer
Industrial production
growth rate
3.1%
Agriculture - products rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), rubber, corn,
sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans
Household income or
consumption by
percentage share
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 31.5%
Inflation rate
(consumer prices)
2.2%
Labor force 39.38 million
Unemployment rate 0.7%
Budget Revenues : $80.91 billion
expenditures: $92.9 billion

6. Items Myanmar Thailand
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 38%
industry: 20.3%
services: 41.7%
agriculture: 12.1%
industry: 43.6%
services: 44.2%
Telephones - main lines in use 556,000 6.391 million
Telephones - mobile cellular 5.44 million 84.075 million
Currency Kyat (K) (MMK) Baht (฿) (THB)

7. Investments Status
• Thailand is predominately an export orientated country with
manufacturing of electrical products
• Thailand is the most experienced investor in Myanmar
• Expand to investment position if situations in Myanmar were to
improve in
 Political environment
 business environment

8. CURRENT ECONOMIC STATUS OF MYANMAR AND THAILAND
Trade between Myanmar and Thailand
• Myanmar export to Thailand at US$947 million and imports of US$99
million
• the major share for this export value is from natural gas which
accounts for over 70% of recorded data.
• The major problem in trying to establish a proper analysis of the trade
happening between Myanmar and Thailand is Myanmar ability to
accurately account for the trade between Thailand.

9. Imports into Thailand from Myanmar
• Thailand is the top export destination of
Myanmar , over 39% of export
products.
• Largest export product is Petroleum
Gas, 91% in 2013
• Second major item is Wood and article,
around 1.3%
• Third major item is Copper, about
0.47%

10. Thailand Exports to Myanmar
• Exports both for industrial and consumer related products.
• Major artery for common products and goods, restricted by the
Myanmar authorities.
• One of the perfect examples is cheap cooking oil, the second most
important food product after rice.
• be the highest valued product category being imported into Myanmar
• over 60% of Myanmar demand for this product is supplied by
Thailand through the unofficial channel.

11. Percentage of export and import during 1993~2013
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1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Totalamountinmillion
YEARS
% of Export Vs Import
% of import from Thailand % of export to Thailand

12. Cultural Similarities and Differences
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70
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30
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Power Distance Individualism Masculinity Uncertainty Avoidance
Thailand Myanmar

13. Thailand views on Myanmar resources
• one million metric tons of fishery
resources could be exploited annually
• Timber is another resource that Thai
want to have from Myanmar Myanmar views on Thai businesses
• Due to historical difference,
Myanmar
 feels intimidated by the
success of Thai businesses
 uncomfortable with the fact
of trusting and relying on
Thailand