Burma Book Industry lost $4 million to piracy
Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance, ” IIPA 2006 ” Special 301″ Recommendations,” Asian Pacific Region, February 13, 2006.
Myanmar is the world’s second largest supplier of opium
Burma/Myanmar is the world’s second largest producer of illicit opium after Afghanistan, accounting for more than 90 percent of heroin in Southeast Asia.
Source: United States Department of State, “2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,” Southeast Asia: Burma, March 2006.
32,800 hectares of opium in Burma
n the 2006 World Drug Report, the UN estimates the area of opium poppy cultivation to be at 32,800 hectares. The total estimated production of opium in 2005 was estimated at 312 metric tons.
Source:nited Nations, “2006 World Drug Report,” Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2006, pg. 209.
Sellers earn $13 a day for pirated goods in Burma
According to a report by the Associated Press, legitimate CDs and DVDs are sold around $1.50, where pirated copies are sold under the table for prices as low as 30 cents. One seller was quoted as saying that he makes $13 a day selling pirated goods in Burma. The average income in Burma is about [...]
$350 million of timber smuggled into China from Myanmar’s forrest
1.5 million tonnes of timber worth $350 million was smuggled into China from Myanmar’s teak forests in 2006.
Source: “Myanmar wildlife pays the price for Chinese demand,” Reuters UK, September 3, 2007.
