Birmanie et opportunités d’investissements dans un marché « frontière » largement inexploité

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  • La Birmanie, ce nouvel eldorado pour l’industrie textile (entre autre)

    http://www.ambafrance-mm.org/Le-secteur-du-textile-en-Birmanie

    Chaque mois, entre 6 et 8 nouvelles usines textiles sont mises en place, ce qui accroit la compétition pour le recrutement de travailleurs qualifiés étrangers [...] Depuis 2012, plusieurs marques occidentales ont diversifié leur chaine de production en Birmanie : Adidas, H&M, Gap, Top Shop… Gap Inc. a signé un contrat d’approvisionnement avec une usine sud-coréenne implantée en Birmanie pour la fabrication de vêtements de ses marques Old Navy et Banana Republic. [...]

    http://www.leconomiste.eu/decryptage-economie/169-birmanie-et-opportunites-d-investissements-dans-un-marche-frontiere-

    Il y a enfin deux secteurs qu’il ne faut pas sous-estimer. En effet, le potentiel hydroélectrique est très important avec la construction de barrages. Enfin, le secteur manufacturier à faible valeur ajoutée, et notamment celui de la confection textile, pourrait bénéficier de la hausse des coûts de production en Chine (et notamment ceux liés au travail avec la hausse des salaires chinois) où ces industries ont tendance à se développer dans les pays périphériques de la Chine (Vietnam, Laos...) et dont le faible coût de la main d’œuvre birmane peut permettre de drainer une partie de cette activité.

    http://www.myanmar-expo.com/MTG/newsDetail.asp?serno=231

    Cost attraction

    In reality, much of the draw of manufacturing in Myanmar comes down to labor costs, according to Western business executives in Yangon. As the website for the forthcoming Myanmar International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition, due to take place in November, notes: “Outsourcing labor to Myanmar offers significant cost savings to Western manufacturers, as Burmese workers are among the lowest paid in Asia, earning an average $2 per day versus $20 per day in neighboring Thailand.”

    The number of people working in the industry has increased from around 80,000 to 250,000 over the past three years. Gap is keen to promote its commitment to developing community programs, announcing a partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and CARE International on a “woman’s advancement” program in Myanmar.

    http://www.myanmar-expo.com/MTG/newsDetail.asp?serno=232

    The international textile sector has discovered Myanmar. Low wages, plentiful labour and an image problem in neighbouring Bangladesh after the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse have all boosted the emerging country’s chances [...] The timing is also good in the politics of Myanmar, which is opening up after decades under a closed military dictatorship. There is a sense of opportunity since a nominally civilian government came to power in 2011. Garment makers in Myanmar “are evidently in the starting blocks,” says Thomas Ballweg of a German fashion association. [...] “It’s a kind of development aid, but with a business motivation,”"Smart Myanmar, an EU project, is helping to build up a sustainable textile industry in Myanmar with the aim of secure jobs and good working conditions, along with conserving energy, recycling waste and cutting water consumption. [...] Lars Droemer, sustainability manager at Swedish fashion company Lindex, is also optimistic on Myanmar. He praises the code of conduct agreed by the textile sector, which bans employing children younger than 15, guarantees a minimum wage, restricts working hours to a maximum of 60 hours a week and allows trade unions.[... green/fair washing] Ballweg is confident. “Myanmar is today where Bangladesh was 10 years ago,” he says. “But things develop three times more quickly today.” .

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