Comparative study of international demand for Myanmar’s fishery export

The main objective of this paper is to explore the relationship between fishery exports and revealed comparative advantage (RCA) indicators of Myanmar. Agricultural is known as the engine for economic growth in the developing nations of the world. The fishery sector is one important sub-sector in the agriculture sector. The role of fisheries becomes more important in the recent decade by increasing its share in GDP. From 1990 to 2000, the amount of Myanmar's fishery export increase has been significantly increased due to the trade liberalization. But Myanmar’s fishery export decline in recent year because Myanmar face many barriers such as an export tariff, trade sanctions, low quality and safety of fish for export, inadequate infrastructure, low technology, climate change and depletion of fishery resources which have been largely affected on Myanmar’s fishery export. Myanmar's policymaker tries to improve the export efficiency of the fishery sector. To fulfill this objective, the Myanmar government in cooperation with the EU and GIZ to encourage fish production and support private sector investment into post-harvest facilities