E-Malt.com News article: Thailand & Myanmar: Chang Beer the most trafficked beer brand from Thailand into Myanmar

Beers and inexpensive food products were the most seized among the illegal imports from Thailand into Myanmar through border areas, according to officials from mobile teams operated by Department of Border Trade (DBT) under the Ministry of Commerce.

Two mobile teams have seized Ks 266 lakhs worth of the products within just few days from June 9 to 17 on the route, the team officials were quoted as saying by Eleven Myanmar on June, 24.

Chang Beer, the top-selling brand in Thailand was the most trafficked among the beers seized, they said.

Although Myanmar's Investment Commission have already given permission for legal production of Chang Beer to operate in Yangon, Mandalay and Taung Gyi in January this year, the trafficking of the beer has yet to decline.

Chang Beer was among the most popular items for the trafficking and trafficked in million cans a year, according to the officials.

Chang Beer, which was launched in March 1995 and is brewed at a brewery in Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya Province, is the top-selling brand in Thailand and also a popular beer in Myanmar.


26 June, 2013