• How can Myanmar protect its edible oil milling industry?
  • Efforts to protect Myanmar¡¯s edible oil milling industry (e.g. by restricting palm oil imports or raising import duties) would hurt poorer consumers. Although liberalization of palm oil imports has proven challenging for domestic millers, it enables consumers to access edible oil at affordable prices.
  • How much edible oil is consumed in Myanmar?
  • In Myanmar, total population is about 53.38 million people and annual per capita consumption of edible oil is about 9.78 kg (6 viss). Therefore, the domestic edible oil requirement is about 522,984 MT/year and self-sufficiency is 143%.
  • How to find a qualified edible oil market in Myanmar?
  • To meet the increasing demand of qualified edible oil, it is necessary to conduct market research based on types, brands, prices and consumer preferences. All types of markets such as urban wet market, village wet market and shopping centers can be easily found within Nay Pyi Taw, the focal market area of the Myanmar.
  • Which edible oil brands are available in Myanmar?
  • Meizan, Cook and Sunar brands are three common brands that are available in both wet market and supermarket. For soybean oil, vegetable oil and palm oil, these are well-known edible oil types in the Myanmar edible oil market. Surprisingly, there is no domestically produced oil for these types of edible oils in both wet markets and supermarkets.
  • How has the production and importation of edible oils changed in Myanmar?
  • It can be clearly seen in Figure 1 that the production and importation of edible oils had almost doubled from 2000 to 2011 and also the consumption had gradually increased during the period. Among the imported edible oils, palm oil accounts for the largest share in the edible oil market in Myanmar.
  • Is Myanmar’s edible oil market segmented?
  • Myanmar¡¯s market for edible oil has become segmented. Retail prices for groundnut oil and palm oil have diverged to such an extent that locally sourced products cater to a relatively small group of better-off consumers who can afford domestically produced oil, and a large group of lower income consumers who cannot