Shipping to and from Myanmar

Commodity:

* List of restrictions for cargo IMPORT to Myanmar:

WTO’s GATT, Article XX and XXI, permit WTO members to prohibit the importation of certain articles that endanger public morals, threaten human, plant or animal life, involve the importation of gold and silver, arms and ammunition, and similar items. Prohibited goods cannot be imported, exported, transited, sold or circulated in Myanmar. The Department of Trade of the Ministry of Commerce has exercised its rights under these GATT provisions to prohibit the following importations:

• Counterfeit currency and coins
• Pornographic material
• All kinds of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
• Playing cards
• Goods bearing the emblem of Buddha and pagodas of Myanmar
• Arms and ammunition
• Antiques and archeologically valuable items
• Wildlife endangered species
• Other prohibited commodities in accord with existing law

If in doubt you should seek advice from the Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Commerce.

Weight / Measurement:

There are no limitations in any port as long as the weight does not exceed maximum allowable payload as per Container Safety Certificate (CSC) plate.

Maersk must approve for acceptance beyond Container Yard (CY) due to road and bridge limitations.

Special Cargoes: Out-Of-Gauge (OOG), Break-Bulk (B/B), and Hazardous Cargo subject to Maersk/Sealand's procedure and approval.

Import : Customers will be offered Detention

This means you will have one combined free time period and compensation for utilisation of equipment inside and outside of terminals or depots, referred to as Detention, from vessel discharge to gate in empty. And calculation method will be Progressive calculation.

Detention tariff

 If you have any further queries, please get in touch with your local representative.

Remark: Demurrage and Reefer Plug-in charges of Export and Import will be collected by terminal directly as per Myanmar Port Authority with effective on 1st October 2015 onwards.