List of manufacturing industries to be promoted for foreign investment in Lao PDR.

No.	Types of manufacturing Industries	Without conditions `2)`	With conditions `3)`	Not permitted	Remarks
1	2	3	4	5	6
*Manufacturing Industries permitted `4)`* *Group I: Manufacture of food products*
1	Manufacture of sugar	x
2	Manufacture of canned food	x
3	Manufacture of animals feeds	x
4	Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats	x
5	Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fish sauces and pastes	x
6	Manufacture of seasonings	x
7	Manufacture of grain mill products	x
8	Manufacture of other Ago-processing products	x
9	Abattoirs and processing of meat and meat products	x
Group II. Manufacture dairy products
1	Manufacture of condensed milk	x
2	Manufactured of powdered milk	x
Group III. Manufacture beverages
1	Manufacture of beer		x
2	Manufacture of soft drinks		x
3	Manufacture of ethyl alcohol & spirits		x
4	Manufacture of drinking & mineral waters		x
5	Manufacture of fruite juices		x
Group IV. Manufacture of tobacco products
1	Manufacture of cigarettes		x
2	Manufacture of leaf tobacco	x
Group V. Manufacture of textiles
1	Manufacture of silk products	x
2	Preparation and spinning & weaving of textiles	x
3	Manufacture of garments	x
4	Dyeing of textiles		x
Group VI. Manufacture of leather product
1	Tannery and dressing of leather		x
2	Manufacture of leather products	x
Group VII. Manufacture of wood and rattan products
1	Manufacture of products of wood such as plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and boards		x
2	Wood steaming		x
3	Sawmilling and planning of wood		x
Group VIII. Manufacture of paper and paper products
1	Manufacture of paper pulp		x
2	Manufacture of paper and paper board		x
Group IX. Manufacture of basic chemicals
1	Manufacture of organic fertilizers	x
2	Manufacture of fertilizers (urea)	x
3	Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations		x
4	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	x
5	Manufacture of paints
6	Manufacture of varnishes and similar coatings and printing ink
7	Manufacture of mastics	x
8	Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and botanical products	x
Group X. Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
1	Manufacture of PVC pipes		x
2	Manufacture of PVC accessories	x
3	Manufacture of plastics products		x
4	Manufacture of electric lamps and lighting equipment	x
5	Manufacture of rubber products	x
6	Manufacture of electric accessories		x
7	Manufacture of rubber tong shoes		x
8	Manufacture of tyres and tubes	x
9	Manufacture of electric wires		x
Group XI. Processing of non-metallic minerals
1	Manufacture of cement		x
2	Manufacture of roofing sheets,	x
3	Manufacture of bricks, tiles, ceramics and concentrate products	x
4	Manufacture of aggregates		x
5	Manufacture of limes		x
6	Manufacture of charcoals		x
7	Processing of jewelry from precious stones		x
Group XII. Manufacture of basic metals
1	Manufacture of steel rods		x
2	Casting of iron and steel		x
Group XIII. Manufacture of machinery and equipment
1	Manufacture of agricultural tools, machinery and equipment		x
Group XIV. Manufacture of consumer electro goods
1	Manufacture of electrical appliances	x
Group XV. Manufacture of furniture
1	Manufacture of furniture (not wooden)		x
II. Manufacturing Industries not permitted
1	Industries impacted to security		x
2	Industries negatively impacted to environment		x
3	Industries impacted to public health, culture and Lao regulations and laws		x

1) Under bold measures launched at the 6th ASEAN Summit
2) In conformity with special priviledges stated in para. 5 of the Statement on Bold measures
3) Refer to annex and subject to further negotiated with Lao Authorities Concerned
4) Industries that are not listed below, can be negotiated with The FIMC (foreign Investment Management Committee) of Laos.