Foreign Companies Withdrawn from Burma

No	Company	Sector	In	Out	Country	Brief Details
1	Anheuser-Busch International Inc.,	Beer	1995	April 1997	USA	Budweiser brand beer World's number one beer. The company suspended operations in Burma after the US government banned all new investment in the country in 1997. Free Burma advocates worked hard for the investment ban.
2	Atlantic Richfield Company (Arco)	Oil & Gas	1995	August 1998	USA	Invested US$ 55 million.
3	All Nippon Airways (ANA)	Airline	1996	March 2000	Japan	Operated flights between Osaka and Rangoon since July 1996, - Japan's second largest national carrier
4	Ajinomoto Co	Food	NA	May 2000	Japan	Built a factory for bottled products in Myanmar in 1997
5	Amoco	Oil & Gas	1992	March 1994	USA	Initial payment $5 million to junta. Free Burma Coalition activists organized ten universities in the Pac 10 to encourage the athletic conference to drop sponsorship by ARCO. When the possibility of a shareholder resolution arose, ARCO promptly pulled out.
6	Bank of Nova Scotia	Bank	NA	Sep 1995	Canada	Decided not to enter Burma
7	BHP Petroleum, Australia	Oil & Gas	NA	NA	Australia	NA
8	Burton (UK)	NA	NA	July 1997	UK	NA
9	British High Street	NA	NA	July 1997	UK	NA
10	Baker Hughes Inc.	Oil & Gas	NA	March 2000	USA	Exploration project in the Mann oil fields in northern Burma. Baker Hughes pulled out of Burma after students at Bryn Mawr University passed a resolution calling on the University to divest itself of companies operating in Burma. Bryn Mawr had owned a large portion of stock in the company.
11	Best Western Hotel	Hotel	NA	June 2000	USA	Bangkok-based Baiyoke Hotel Group which owns The Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Rangoon, World's largest lodging brand, Invest by Jade Pavilion Inn Myanmar Co Ltd. The Burma Forum Los Angeles, part of the Free Burma Coalition, organized a boycott of Best Western in June 2000. The hotel almost immediately terminated operations.
12	Columbia Sportwear	Clothing	NA	April 1996	USA	US$ 300 million per year suppiler of outdoor and recreational clothing
13	Compaq	Computer	NA	Feb 1997	USA	NA Compaq computers pulled out of Burma as a result of the Massachusetts Burma Law, which was later struck down by the US Supreme Court.
14	Carlsberg	Beer	NA	June 1996	Denmark	Carlsberg pulled out of Burma after calls from Dutch human rights groups.
15	Estee Lauder Companies	NA	NA	NA	USA	NA
16	Explore Worldwide, Ltd.	Travelling	NA	NA	UK	NA
17	Eddie Bauer	Clothing	NA	Feb 1995	USA	NA
18	Eastman Kodak	Film	NA	Jan 1997	USA	NA
19	Ericsson	Phone	NA	Sep 1998	Swedish	NA
20	Heineken	Beer	NA	June 1996	Netherlands	World's second largest brewer, after Anheuser Busch of the US,Heineken owns 60% of the Rangoon joint venture, while 40% is controlled by Burma's Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Limited. The union is controlled by the Burmese military. The pull out was seen largely as a result of boycotts by Dutch Free Burma groups.
21	Hewlett-Packard	Computer	NA	Nov 1996	USA	Severing links to its Singapore-based distributor that sells equipment to Burma. Hewlett Packard pulled out of Burma as a result of the Massachusetts Burma law.
22	Interbrew (Labatt's)	Beer	NA	Oct 1996	Belgium	The fourth largest beer in the world
23	J. Crew	Clothing	NA	Jan 1997	USA	$750 million apparel manufacturer and retailer with 80 stores in 25 states - with Yangon Knit Garment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. which is substantially owned by the Burmese junta's Ministry of Industry. The company pulled out after hundreds of J. Crew customers wrote to the company requesting that it leave Burma, said the company spokesperson.
24	Jansport	Clothing/Backpacks	NA	August , 2000	USA	Jansport had been sourcing clothing items from Burma. When students at Berkeley, the University of Missouri, and American University protested the stocking of these Jansport items in their university stores, Jansport immediately announced it would cease production in Burma.
25	Kenneth Cole	Shoes/Clothing	2000	August, 2000	USA	The company claimed that it did not know its licensee was operating in Burma and promptly ceased ordered its licensee to cease sourcing from Burma.
26	Krong Sombat Co., Ltd.,	Air-line	1996	Sep 1997	Thailand	Sold 49 % stake to may flower, 51 % owned by state-run Myanmar Airways
27	Liz Claiborne	Clothing	NA	Nov 1994	USA	NA
28	Levis Strauss & Co.	Clothing	NA	June 1992	USA	NA When Levis pulled out of Burma it stated "It is not possible to do business in [Burma] without directly supporting the military government and its pervasive violations of human rights."
29	London Fog Industries,	Clothing	NA	Oct 1996	UK	$400 million manufacturer of outerwear, also owns the Pacific Trail label, joins Liz Claiborne, Eddie Bauer, Levi Strauss, Reebok and Columbia Sportswear
30	Macy's Department Store	Clothing	NA	April 1995	USA	NA
31	Motorola	Phone	NA	Nov 1996	USA	NA Motorola pulled out of Burma as a result of the Massachusetts Burma Law.
32	Newmont Mineral Exploration B.V	NA	NA	NA	USA	NA
33	Northwest Airline	Air-line	NA	May 1997	USA	NA
34	Oshkosh B' Gosh Inc	Clothing	NA	May 1996	USA	NA
35	Oracle Corp	NA	NA	NA	USA	NA
36	Polo Ralph Laure Company	Clothing	NA	July 1997	USA	NA
37	Petro Canada	Oil & Gas	1989	Nov 1992	Canada	In 1989 signed a $22 million oil exploration - Initial $6 million signing payment - 80% state-owned oil company of Canada
38	Philips	Electronics	NA	Nov 1996	Netherlands	The Dutch electronics company, it pulled out of Burma as a result of the Massachusetts Burma Law.
39	Pepsi-Cola Products Myanmar (PPM).	Food	NA	Jan 1997	USA	April 96, Pepsi Co pulled out "half way" 40%, Invest $30 billion with Thein Tun. It went on to completely divest from the company as a result of a widespread American boycott which included hundreds of university students, professionals, and even children.
40	Peregrine Capital Myanmar Ltd	Bank	NA	Jan 1997	Hong Kong	NA
41	Ralph Lauren	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
42	Reebok	Clothing	NA	NA	USA	When Reebok announced that it wouldn't source from Burma, it's spokesperson Doug Cahn stated "We do not feel that we can adequately apply our human rights standards and do business in Burma."
43	Royal Brunei Airlines	Air-line	1996	Oct 1997	Brunei	Between London and Rangoon
44	Royal Dutch Shell	Oil & Gas	1989	NA	Netherlands	NA
45	Seagram Company Limited	Scotch Whisky	NA	April 1997	Canada	Chivas Regal scotch whisky, via Tanyaung International, a distributorship owned by Thein Tun, a close partner of the regime. The Canadian Friends of Burma convinced the company to pull out of Burma after a series of negotiations.
46	Smith & Hawken	NA	NA	NA	USA	NA
47	Student Travel Association	Travelling	NA	1997	Australia	NA
48	Toyota Motor Corp.	Motor	1998	May 2000	Japan	NA
49	Texaco	Oil & Gas	NA	Sep 1997	USA	Yetagun gas project
50	The Boston Computer Society	Computer	NA	Oct 1996	USA	Apple Computer pulled out of Burma as a result of the Massachusetts Free Burma law.
51	Tiger International Resources Inc	NA	NA	NA	Singapore	Link with Burma-based Asia World Company (Steven Law)
52	United Parcel Services	Post	NA	NA	USA	NA
53	United States Army and Air Force Exchange	Clothing	NA	December, 2000	USA	This Exchange, part of the US military had imported items from Burma for sale on Army bases. The United States ordered it to stop under President Clinton after a good investigation by the National Labor Committee and Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
54	Wente Vineyards	NA	NA	Nov 1996	USA	Link with Burma-based Asia World Company (Stevin Law)
55	Walt Disney	Clothing	NA	NA	USA	NA
56	Yukong, Korea	Oil & Gas	NA	NA	Korea	NA

UPDATED IN JANUARY 2003