As its economic liberalisation agenda progresses, the government has increasingly turned its attention towards addressing the country’s widening trade deficit. Although Myanmar exports have risen sharply over the previous decade, they have not kept pace with import growth. An overdependence on raw resource exports and the lack of a diversified, value-added export base have been identified as primary challenges. The National Export Strategy (NES) 2015-19 highlights priority sectors for investment, emphasising agri-processing and value-added manufacturing as holding the highest potential. Targeted import and export regulatory reforms should also support increased inflows into new projects serving the domestic market, as has been the case in the