Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association

The Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ စက်သုံးဆီ တင်သွင်းရောင်းချ ဖြန့်ဖြူးရေးအသင်း), also called MPTA, is a national level organization that oversee and monopolise private petroleum distribution market in Myanmar.[1] The MPTA is run by the local companies that dominate the market. In 2017, the MPTA criticize the government's decision to open the fuel market to foreign investors.[2]

Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ စက်သုံးဆီ တင်သွင်းရောင်းချ ဖြန့်ဖြူးရေးအသင်း
Typeadvocacy group
FocusBusiness and Industry advocacy
Location
Area served
Myanmar
MethodMedia attention, direct-appeal campaigns
Political lobbying
Key people
Tay Za (President)
Websitempta.org.mm/index.php

Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association was founded in 2010. As of 2017, there are 400 members in MPTA.

References edit

  1. ^ Times, The Myanmar. "MPPE announces JV tender for petroleum business".
  2. ^ Khaing, Thomas Kean, Htun (June 2017). "Fuel market set for shake-up as Puma gets MIC green light".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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