Burmese Military Companies: Products and Brands
This Boycott List was first published in January 2020 to provide people in Burma with information they could use to avoid purchasing goods and services from military companies. It was also intended to pressure governments, donors, UN agencies, aid agencies, international companies and others operating in Burma to avoid buying goods and services from military-owned companies, which they were resisting at the time.
Military-owned and controlled companies are an important source of revenue for the Burmese military. Buying goods and services from the military increases their revenue and this revenue is used to fund their operations, building their military capacity and paying for the human rights violations they commit.
Following the attempted military coup on 1st February 2021, a boycott of products by military companies was one of the first responses by the people of Burma.
Since then, recognising the role military companies play in financing human rights violations by the military, the UK, European Union, USA and Canada have imposed new sanctions on military companies.
This boycott list focusses mainly on products and brands produced by military companies. It is not a list of all military companies. The products and brands listed are mainly from Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd, Myanmar Economic Corporation, Myanmar War Veterans Organisation or directly by different parts of the military.
We include products manufactured by wholly owned companies and joint ventures.
To maintain a direct focus on military companies, this list does not include products and brands of companies owned by individual members of the military and their families, or of crony businesses working with the military.
This list is as comprehensive as we are able to make it based on information currently available, but we make no claim that every single military product is listed here. We have included some products/brands that we believe are not currently being produced, as in the past there have been temporary shut downs of factories and products/brands have been brought back or relaunched.
This latest edition includes duplications of some products and services to take into account different names and spelling used for the same thing, and different or new descriptions being used in marketing.
Military Products and Brands
Banking and Finance
Aung Myint Moh Min Insurance Aung Myint Mo Min Securities Aung Thitsar Oo Insurance Innwa Bank
Myanmar Mobile Money Myawaddy Bank
Mytel Pay
Cigarettes
Premium Gold Red Ruby
Clothing
MEHL Garment Smart Fashion
Smart Gentleman Fashion Smart
Smart.p (Smart.P)
Communications
MECtel Mytel
Construction
Berger Paint
Elephant King Cement (Sin Minn Cement) Myanmar Land and Development
Myin Pyan Cement (Flying Horse Cement) Rhino Cement
Rhinoceros Cemec (Cement) Sigma Cable
Tristar Steel
Entertainment/Tourism
Hanthawaddy Golf Course Indoor Skydiving
Kha Yae Pin Ballroom (Mingaladon) Myawady Music Band
Myawaddy Tours and Travel Myawaddy Travels and Tours Okkala Golf Resort
Pwe Kauk Falls, Pyin Oo Lwin (also known as Pwekauk Falls, Pwe Kauk Resport, Pwe Gauk Falls, BE Falls, Hampshires Falls)
Royal Sportainment Bowling Alley Royal Sportainment Complex Royal Sportainment Ice Skating
Shwe Gandamar Ballroom (Pathein)
Shwe Gandamar Grand Ballroom (Yangon) Yadanabone Hall
Food and Drink
Adipati Rice (AAPT Rice) Akasi Long Grain Rice Andaman Gold Blue Andaman Gold Special Army Rum
Black Shield Stout Dagon Beverages Dagon Dairy Plant Dagon Extra Strong Beer Dagon Fresh Lemon
Dagon Fresh Lemon Sparkling Dagon Fresh Soda
Dagon Gin
Dagon Lager Beer Dagon Lemon Barley Dagon Lemon Tea
Dagon non-sparkling lemon tea Dagon sparkling lemon tea Dagon Light Lager Beer
Dagon Malta Fresh Dagon Rum Dagon White Rum
Dagon Single Malt Lager Beer Dagon Super Lager Beer
First Choice Tinned River Cat Fish First Choice Tinned Beef Curry
First Choice Tinned Fried Bamboo Shoot and True Pea First Choice Tinned Fried Fish Paste
First Choice Tinned Haricot Beans in Tomato Sauce
First Choice Tinned Mango Pickle
First Choice Tinned Chicken and Potato Curry First Choice Tinned Butter Bean
First Choice Tinned Hilsa
Fleur Marguerite Sunflower Rice Keen Beer
Mandalay Beer Mandalay Brewery
Mandalay Spirulina Anti-aging Beer Mandalay Strong Beer
Mandalay Super Fresh Lager MEC Myanmar Rice
Milky Sweetened Condensed Milk Moon Dairy Creamer
Myanmar Beer Myanmar Brewery Myanmar Premium Beer
Nan Myaing Black Coffee
Nan Myaing 2+1 Coffee
Nan Myaing Pure Arabica Coffee Nan Myaing Coffee
Nay Pyi Taw Water
Ngwe Pinlae Livestock and Breeding (Silver Sea) Ngwe Pin Lei Premium Marine Products (Silver Sea) Okkan Sugar/Okkan Sugar Mill
OSM Sugar (Oktwin Sugar Mill Sugar) Pyin Oo Lwin Coffee
Royal Karaweik Sugar Seven7 Condensed Milk Shwe Phee Oo Black Tea Shwe Phe Oo Teamix Shwe Phe Oo Lemon Tea Silver Sea Fish
Silver Sea Fish Farm
Sun Full Cream Milk Powder Sugarmec
Sun Condensed Milk Yangon Amber Beer
Health and Beauty Products
Dagon hand sanitizer spray
Dagon hand sanitiser gel (available in various scents) Dentomec Toothbrushes
Dentomec Toothpaste
Life Coconut Oil (moisturiser) Padonmar bathing soap
Padonmar detergent powder (clothes cleaning powder) Padonmar laundry soap
Padonma Soap
Smart.p cloth Facemask
Star Mask Disposable Face Mask Star Sanitizing Spray
Star Sanitizing Gel
Thant Sin Hand Sanitizer
Health Servcies
ARJ Syringes
Defence Services General Hospital Defence Services Liver Hospital
Defence Services Medical Research Centre
Defence Services Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Child Health Hospital Defence Services Orthopaedics Hospital
Gas Factory (Mandalay) Oxygen Cylinders Kan Thar Yar Hospital
MEC Disposable Syringes MEC Single Use Syringes
Military Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science Moe Kaung Treasure Maternal and Child Hospital No.2 Military Hospital
Origin Fertility Center Thamadaw Special Clinic
Industrial Estates/Offices
Indagaw Industrial Zone Myawaddy Bank Luxury Complex
Ngwe Pinlae Industrial Estate (Silver Sea) Pyinmabin Industrial Estate
International Trade
Adipati Agricultural Produce Trading Limited Ahlone International Port Terminal 1, Yangon
Container Transport and Port Clearance Yard (Ywama) Five Star Compound (Yangon)
Five Star Port, Thateka Wharf (Yangon) Five Star Shipping Company. Ships owned:
Chindwin, Sawei, Ha-Kha, Han Thar, Hpa-an, Htone-Ywa, Kengtung, Kyaukpyu, Lashio, Loikaw, Maan Aung, Mawlamyine, Myit Kyi Na, Pagan, Pha
Shwe Gyaw Ywa, Shweli, Sittwe, Taung Gyi, Thanlwin, U Thar.
Hlaing Dry Port, Inland Container Depot (IDC) and Logistics Centre (HITLC) Hlaing Thar Yar Inland Container Depot
Hteedan International Port Terminal, Yangon Inland Container Depot (IDC) Hlaing Thar Yar Lann Pyi Marine trucking services
Lann Pyi Marine Warehouse services
Lann Pyi Marine customs freight station service Lann Pyi Marine multi-modal transportation services Lann Pyi Marine logistic service
Lann Pyi Marine
MEC Container Transport Myanmar Imperial Jade Co. Ltd
Myanmar Ruby Enterprise (Gems & Jewellery Co.,Ltd) Thilawa Shipbreaking Yard
TMT Port Terminal, Yangon
Manufacturing
Burpat synthetic enamel paint Burplast emulsion paint
Dried Tea Leaves and Dried Fruit Factory (Naungtaya)
Heaven Kitchenware (metal kitchen utensils, spoons, pots, storage) Life Coconut Charcoal Briquettes
Marble Concrete Factory (Mandalay) Marble Tiles Factory Company
MEC Marble (produce a range of vases, statues and plant containers) Need Me (MN) fire extinguishers
Need Me (NM) oxygen
Ngwe Pinlae Fishmeal (Silver Sea) No.3 Steel Factory (Ywama)
Silver Sea Paper Carton Box Production Thunder Sulphuric Acid
Tristar Tyres
Vega Plastics/Vega Plastic Factory (produces a wide range of plastic household items including tables, chairs, tissue boxes, shelving, buckets, cups, bins, food containers, baskets and boxes)
Media
Aurora Journal
Knowledge Light Magazine
Knowledge World Journal (aka Thuta Kabar Journal) Knowledge World Journal (Thuta Gabar Journal) MWD Books
MWD Documentary TV Channel
MWD Education, Knowledge and Sports TV Channel MWD Family TV Channel
MWD Media
MWD Movies TV Channel MWD Music TV Channel MWD Series TV Channel MWD Shopping TV Channel MWD Variety TV
Channel
Myawaddy (MWD) TV Channel Myawaddy Television Myawady Daily
Myawady Magazine Myawady Media Centre
Myawaddy Yathazone Magazine
Myawady Literature House/Myawaddy Library/Myawati Library Myawady Magazine
Ngwe Tar Yi Magazine Nghwe Ta Yi Magazine Ngwetaryee Magazine Sports View Journal Tayza Booklet
Tayza (children’s cartoon magazine) Thazin FM Radio
The Union Daily
Thuta Kabar Journal (Military affairs and knowledge) Yandanarpon Daily
Retail
547 Minimarts
Adipati Rice Mill Shops Angel Bakery
Angel Bistro (Pathein) Adipati Rice Mill Shops Chii Mala Tang restaurant DeliRuby Restaurant
Diamond White Restaurant Yangon Gandamar BBQ restaurant Gandamar Wholesale
Golden Land Duty Free Shops Kha Yae Pin Mart (Mingaladon) Meetharsu Café
Myawaddy Petrol Shop (Station)
Nan Myaing Café (Pwin Oo Lwin) NayPyiDaw Wholesale
Ruby Mart (Yangon & Pyin Oo Lwin) Satake Showroom
Shwe Gandamar Starmart Mandalay
Starmart Nine Mile Showroom
Sport
Dagon Stars United Football Club
Trading Companies
Adipati Agricultural Produce Trading Bhone Min Myat (imports)
Ever Meter
Myawaddy Trading Ltd
Ngwe Pinlae Cold Store (Silver Sea)
Ngwe Pinlae Fisheries Company Ltd (Silver Sea)
Ngwe Pinlae Livestock Breeding and Fisheries Company (Silver Sea) Shwe Gandamar International Trading
Shwe Innwa Gems
Transport
Adipati (AAPT) Waterway Transport Bandoola Taxi
Bandoola Transportation City Liner Bus Services Myawaddy Petrol Stations
Myawaddy Petrol Distribution and Retail Parami CNG Station *
Parami Express Parami Taxi
Pathein Thu Express
Sales and Service Centre, Mingalardon Township, Yangon (vehicle repairs and spare parts)
Shan Ma Lay Express
Shwe Mann Thu Highway Bus Station
Shwe Mann Thu Express (also spelt Shwe Man Thu) Shwe Myaing Thu Express
Than Myan Thu Express
Shwe Mann Thu Long Distance Transport
* To avoid confusion, please note that Parami Energy and Parami LPG are privately owned companies which are unconnected to Parami CNG
More Resources
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar exposes military business ties, calls for targeted sanctions and arms embargoes: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/08/un-fact-finding-mission-myanmar-exposes-military-business-ties-calls?LangID=E&NewsID=24868
Burma Campaign UK ‘Dirty List’ of international companies doing business with the military or involved in projects linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction:
https://burmacampaign.org.uk/take-action/dirty-list/
We welcome information on errors or omissions. Please contact mark.farmaner@burmacampaign.org.uk
Sources of information will be treated in confidence.
This edition was updated on: 10 June 2026