What Matters

When comparing official announcements of the two-way trade figures of Myanmar and China, there is a gap of almost USD 11 billion This applies to data in the eight months of the 2022-2023 fiscal year from April to November According to announcements of the State Administration Council, trade value with China for the period was over USD 6 billion But it was almost USD 17 billion in the corresponding China announcements ISP-Myanmar will explain in brief how this gap has occurred and other Read more...

During post-coup armed conflicts and clashes, at least 57,807 houses and buildings (including religious buildings) have been torched and destroyed as of January 15, 2023 Between November 2022 and mid-January 2023 alone, at least 19,239 houses and buildings were torched and destroyed Moreover, at least 673 houses and buildings have been torched and destroyed in 10 townships that had previously experienced no acts of arson Among them, Myingyan township, Sagaing Region experienced the largest Read more...

Since the coup in February 2021, three new rail-road-sea cross-border trade routes connecting China and Myanmar have emerged These three routes were not initially part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and they facilitate access by China’s western provinces to the Indian Ocean and neighboring countries in the Read more...

The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar due to armed conflict following the coup has reached at least 1,912,769 as of December 14, 2022 There were already at least 497,200 IDPs on the run before the coup, and the number of cross-border refugees before and since the coup has reached at least 1,019,190 These numbers indicate that almost 7 percent of the country’s total population are now fleeing from armed Read more...

From the 2021 Coup until November 2022, Chin State experienced at least 592 violent clashes across all its nine townships These clashes were predominantly between the State Administration Council (SAC) forces and the People Defense Forces (PDFs), or between the SAC forces and EthnicRevolutionary Organizations (EROs) Of all the townships, Mindat township had the highest total of clashes - over 125 The total number of airstrikes conducted in the whole Chin State was at least 33; Paletwa township, Read more...

China, Thailand and Singapore remain Myanmar’s top trading partners of the past four fiscal years Comparing Myanmar’s trading partners of the past four fiscal years from the 2018-19 fiscal year to 2021-22 mini-budget period, Malaysia rose to fourth while Japan declined to seventh The 2020-21 fiscal year experienced an export volume of over USD 153 billion and an import volume of over USD 146 billion This total trade volume declined by nearly USD 7 billion compared with the 2019-20 fiscal Read more...

The conflict map of Myanmar has become broader and larger as a result of armed conflicts following the coup Among more than 7,800 clashes nationwide, at least 300 took place in areas where China's major projects are located or near China's potential project Read more...

From the start of the military coup to November 15 this year, at least 7,855 clashes have erupted across the country Of these, at least 4,548 clashes broke out between the State Administration Council (SAC) forces and Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) Around 2,267 clashes erupted between the SAC forces and the People Defense Forces (PDFs) including LDF, CDF, CNDF, and KNDF, while there were at least 925 clashes between the SAC forces and combined forces of EROs and Read more...

A new maritime trade route, Guangxi - Yangon which will directly connect Qinzhou port in Beibu gulf port in China’s Guangxi to Yangon port in Myanmar, was opened on October 28, 2022 The new trade route will connect the ports in member states of the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Read more...

Data Matters No 36 As of October 31, 2022, at least 38,568 houses and buildings (including religious buildings) have been torched and destroyed during armed conflicts since the coup The number of torched buildings increased this year and it accounts for over 94 percent of the total Sagaing Region has the highest total so far Read more...