Yangon Mechanization Cluster Survey

The Yangon Mechanization Cluster Survey was designed to capture information on Myanmar’s agricultural machinery market, during a period of rapid growth and transformation. Scoping interviews were conducted pre-survey. These interviews indicated that most of the agricultural machinery supply businesses in Yangon, including many of the largest, had branches located in a commercial compound in western Yangon, forming by far the largest cluster of such enterprises in Myanmar. A census of businesses in the cluster was implemented prior to the survey. Thirty businesses selling agricultural machinery and 27 shops selling spare parts for agricultural machines were listed. Three machinery suppliers and five spare parts shops declined to participate in the survey, giving a total sample size of 49 businesses. The survey instrument include questions on the location and date of establishment of other branches, sales volumes, product assortment, finance and customer credit, vertical integration, and service provision.