Provides information on any manufacturing sectors or services where only citizens or a sub-set of the population in that country are allowed to own or sell.
Last Published: 12/10/2018
Foreign and domestic private entities can establish and own, operate, and dispose of interests in most types of business enterprises.  Four sectors, however, are reserved for government investment:
  • Arms and ammunition and other defense equipment and machinery
  • Forest plantation and mechanized extraction within the bounds of reserved forests
  • Production of nuclear energy
  • Security printing
However, U.S. products and services may be sold to the government entities operating in these sectors. 

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