CNI News
10 Feb 2023
The QR Code System will be introduced in transportation of goods through border gates such as Myawady, Muse and Chin Shwe Haw as of 11th February.
A MMK 5,000 tax will be levied on each truck.
The Department of Trade has introduced the system to systematically monitor trucks carrying goods under export licenses such as pulses and beans, corn, sesame and peanut and permit them to transport goods by applying for transportation orders.
To facilitate the process, transportation orders have been allowed to apply online.
It was necessary to issue QR Codes quickly and internet connections at checkpoints that process the QR Codes are required to be in working conditions, Vice Chairman U Than Zin Tun of the Myanmar Corn Industrial Association told the CNI.
The Myawady Border Trade Zone
He said, "When we apply for QR Codes, authorities sometimes fail to issue QR Codes although we have provided complete information. It is not convenient for us. The QR Code processing software used at the 16-mile gate is different from the one used at the Yaypu Gate between Lashio and Theinni.
And there is only one QR Code processing operator at the 16-mile gate. Truck will have to wait in a long line if he is going out or attending meetings. As the QR Code processing system is based on internet connections, there are delays in the process due to weak internet connections."
QR Codes for commodities which do not require export licenses can be applied for directly.
As agricultural products are not included in the list of commodities that require QR Codes, the system does not affect rice exports, Vice Chairman of Muse Rice Exchange U Min Thein told the CNI.
He said, "The requirement for QR Codes does not affect rice exports as it is officially exported to China. QR Codes must be applied only for restricted goods. Rice and broken rice is included in the agricultural products and pulses and beans are included in the oil crops."
Freight trucks
Exporters are required to apply for QR Codes online to transport goods through the Muse, Myawady and Chin Shwe Haw.
The QR Code system is being launched on a trial basis from 1st to 10th February and taxes will not be levied during the trial run.
Truck drivers transporting goods along trade routes are required to submit the QR Codes for their goods at checkpoints, which will not allow commodities that do not have QR Codes to pass through the gates and will be asked to apply for QR Codes online to continue their journey.
