Enterprise Survey 2009
Bhutan, 2009
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interviewer comments (a17x)
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Question pretext
INTERVIEWER COMMENTS (Problems occurred/extraordinary circumstances which could influence results)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -Respondent seemed to have very good knowledge about his firm -Interview was of good flow and quick | |
| -Respondent was so co-operative despite having no time -He commented that they'd welcome any assistance from world bank. | |
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| 1. Competition across border (minimum) 2. Royal gvt of Bhutan will not allow to start new or expand the cement agent further | |
| 1. Manager had to leave for some work and most questions were left fo the supervisor to answer 2. I felt that supervisor's answers were not that truthful | |
| 1. Trial run production started in Sept 2008. So no sales for 2006 and also expenditure is substantially high compared to sales. 2. The firm is under the registration process with Register of Company. They met the requirement of 25% share fo | |
| 1. Business license and permission depends on the types of licenses. Industrial license require more time. 2. Informal competition from across the border | |
| 1. Infiscal year 2008, the firm had to be temporarily shut down from mid Febraury due to the increase in food grain price in India. Hence incurred loss. However the firm resumed its operation in Janaury 2009 2. Dralha Flour Mill is one of the | |
| 1. Tax rates for purchase of mobiles (cell phones) are 10% for Bhutan where as in India it is only 4%. Tax rates become a severe obstacle because the customer buy those goods from near by Indian shops as it is far cheaper there. 2. The enterp | |
| 1. The operation of the firm started in middle of year 2006 2. Respondent said that there is no cost of raw materials and intermediate goods as it is a service sector | |
| 2005 May - 2007 March they use generator because they were working in a rural area. Access to telephone,water and Electricity connection were a problem because they were working in a remote/rural. E30- informal Competion is problem for the fi | |
| Acess to credit and getting business license and permits are the greatest obstacles to the non-nationals carrying out business in Bhutan. | |
| As per the sample list it is in region 1 (Thimphu/Paro) however the establishment is actually located in Samdrup Jongkhar (Region 4) so the interview has been conducted in Samdrup Jongkhar | |
| At present 70 percentage of the share are held by the promoter who are national and 30 percentage share is planned to be floated in the market. No sales for 2006 because the production begin in 2008 only. | |
| Business not running productivitly due to lack of aduquate fund. Currently the operation is temporarly suspendent for four months. The proprietor is planning to resume the operation within next two months. | |
| Competition across border is the biggest obstacle | |
| Competition from informal firms from across the border | |
| Competition from informal or unlicensed firm from India is a major obsticle as Phuntsholing is in border area. | |
| D.1a1(11). The main product of this establishment is our ticketing of the tourist and tourism, but also do hiring of vehicles and treking equipements in small scale | |
| D.1a3. Percentage of sale is only 70% because some part is covered by wastage and a little part is covered by their box(apple box) manufacturing | |
| Diver of the company sold 4 out of 15 truckload of the product without the notice of company, however RICB refunded to the company . There is no sales in 2006 since the company began its operation only in 2007 | |
| Felt that the responses were up to her knowledge even though some seemed to be estimation | |
| For 2008 the establishment suffered loss | |
| For class'c &class'c' contractor there no need to show their financial statement to auditors only for class'b' contractor | |
| For fiscal year 2008, due to financial crisis there was reduction in sales and they incurred in annual sales | |
| Foreigner are not allowed to take loan and they are not allowed to make new new license, if they were to expand or start a new business. | |
| Found it lengthy, kept getting calls and he was not able to focus | |
| Fronting is the biggest obstacle in carrying out the business. Indians who are operating the business inside Bhutan in Bhutanese names are at much lower prices and this affects the business. | |
| He did not get one contract due to insistance on informal gift. | |
| Hotel is run by Indians | |
| In 2008 the firm suffered loss | |
| In 2008, the firm ran in loss | |
| Informal competition from across the bording town | |
| It has a current account with BoB. However, it cannot use it currently sincen the enterprise has a court case with BOB Access to finance is a server obstacle Informal payments are very rampant. Certain percentage of the bid value has to be | |
| K.21- The financal Statement of the establishment has not been checked by an external auditor yet. It is soon going to be done. | |
| Lack of raw materials and mechanism set by NRDC (Main factors affecting the business of the establishment) | |
| Loan and the new issue of business licenses to non-national is not permitted | |
| Non-Bhutanese are not allowed to avail loan and they donot get business license as they use to in the early 1960's. | |
| Non-Bhutanese are not eligible to apply for any business license unlike in the past (1960,s) | |
| Not Responding Well | |
| Not sure how long he can carry on business in Bhutan. The RGoB may revoke his license anytime. Does not feel secured anymore. Has been operating the business for the last years. RGoB need to look at the contribution made by individual Indian | |
| Political instability across the border is the biggest obstacle since the labourers come from Indian border Though the enterprise began operation sometime in 2006 its sales started only towards the last quarter (oct-Dec) in 2008. | |
| Repondent Seemed to be Speaking the truth and very Co-operative | |
| Respondent is not very interested in the interview & wanted to finish fast | |
| Respondent said that Bhutan Chamber of Commerce office was established in Samdrup Jongkhar in 2008 and the officals frequailty visited them. | |
| Respondent said that competition from informal firms are obstacle because of border area. | |
| Respondent was less interested, hurry to leave the room | |
| Sales Figure for 2006 is not available with the present proprietor as the business was run by other person for that year. | |
| She was very busy with her works and wanted to finish it in short period of time | |
| The enterprise does not have a current account. It has only a saving account | |
| The establishment has not been able to operate for two months due to labour problem | |
| The firm incurred loss for the year 2008 | |
| The foreigner who has a business previously are now not allowed to take loan and when they apply for business license to expand or start new one, it has become impossible for them. They can renew their exsiting license which they got in 1970's | |
| The manager was very co-operative | |
| The repondent was not cooperative and wanted to finish the interview fast | |
| The respondent said that telecommunication is a major obstacle to international handwith issues specifically to price out rages | |
| The respondent said that the access to finance depends on the availability and the type of collateral that you have to pledge to financial institution | |
| The respondent was very co-operative and frank with answer | |
| The vegetable oil processing unit of our company is presently on a shut down due to the imposition of import duty on import of raw materials by the newly formed government. The same problem has crippled all the other oil manufacturing industrie | |
| There is a problem of competition from informal sector since it is located near border area | |
| They are foreigner. So, they are not allowed to take loan and also they know that government will not allow them to make new business license. So, acess to finance, acess to land and business licensing is not applicable for them | |
| They have license from 1994 but they start operation in 2004, they used to renew their license yearly | |
| They said that no loans are give to outsiders. So, acess to finance is obstacle. | |
| This establishment has got no loan from any financial institution because of being non- Bhutanese (Indian) | |
| This interview took tittle longer time compared to others because the respondent had to call and ask for some answer to question from their managing director who was out of station | |
| This type of Survey are done many times said by the proprietor | |
| Trial production started in September 2008-December 2008. Low graded production have low sales. Therefore loss incurred in 2008. Real production started in 2009 | |
| We stated that inadequately educated work force and acess to finance is greatest obstacles However, he perceives acess to finance is the greatest obstacle faced by this enterprise | |
| most of the construction material have to be transported from Phuntsholing & India. Constant strikes across the border hamper the operation due to delay in transporting the construction material on time increases the overhead cost | |
| store deals in multiple items like footwear, grocery, electrical goods etc. | |
| the manager was very reluctant to give interview. After repeated request the interview was conducted |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.