Proximity to Eastern Seaboard and completion of GMS Southern Economic Corridor
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