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International Beverages Trading Company Group is a Myanmar-based beverage manufacturer best known for its portfolio of whiskey and other alcoholic-drink brands.

Last updated August 26, 2026

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Overview

International Beverages Trading Company Group, commonly abbreviated as IBTC, is a Myanmar-based beverage manufacturing company established in 1995. The business began with a reported workforce of 50 employees and was founded by Aung Moe Kyaw, who is identified as the son-in-law of Thein Tun, chairman of Myanmar Golden Star Group. IBTC developed into a significant participant in Myanmar’s alcoholic-beverage sector, with a portfolio centered on locally marketed whiskey, gin, and related spirits brands. The company’s documented brand portfolio includes Grand Royal Whiskey, Royal Dry Gin, Eagle Whiskey, Grand Royal Special Reserve Whiskey, Hero Whiskey, and Golden Island Whiskey. Grand Royal is the most prominent name associated with the company’s portfolio in the available reference material, while the broader range gives IBTC coverage across mainstream whiskey, premium or reserve whiskey, gin, and additional whiskey offerings. The company’s activities are therefore principally connected with beverage manufacturing and the production and marketing of alcoholic drinks rather than with a broad consumer-goods portfolio. IBTC has been described as holding approximately 80 percent of Myanmar’s domestic whiskey market. Because the available source does not provide a reporting period or methodology for that estimate, it should be treated as a historical or source-reported market-position claim rather than as a current independently verified statistic. The same reference mentions revenue of US$100 million, but gives no applicable year or period; that figure is consequently not included as a current financial fact in this dossier. In addition to its commercial activities, IBTC is identified as a member of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Myanmar Agro-base Food Product Manufacturing Association. These memberships place the company within Myanmar’s formal business and food-and-beverage industry networks. Publicly documented information in the supplied material is limited: it establishes the company’s founding, founder, country, principal product lines, and reported domestic market importance, but does not identify a current chief executive, corporate website, headquarters address, ownership structure, listed status, international operating footprint, or recent corporate developments.

History

International Beverages Trading Company Group, known as IBTC, was established in Myanmar in 1995 by Aung Moe Kyaw. The company reportedly started operations with 50 employees. The available reference identifies Kyaw as the son-in-law of Thein Tun, chairman of Myanmar Golden Star Group, but it does not state that Myanmar Golden Star Group owned IBTC or served as its parent company. The relationship is therefore relevant to the founder’s background but does not establish a corporate ownership structure. From its early base, IBTC developed as a beverage manufacturer focused on alcoholic drinks. Its documented portfolio includes Grand Royal Whiskey, Royal Dry Gin, Eagle Whiskey, Grand Royal Special Reserve Whiskey, Hero Whiskey, and Golden Island Whiskey. The range indicates an emphasis on whiskey, supported by a gin brand and multiple whiskey labels intended for different segments of the Myanmar spirits market. The supplied material does not provide launch dates for individual brands, production locations, distribution arrangements, export markets, or details of manufacturing technology. IBTC’s principal reported commercial significance is its position in Myanmar’s domestic whiskey market. The reference describes the company as controlling or possessing 80 percent of that market. No date, research methodology, or definition of the market is supplied, so the claim cannot be confidently presented as a current market-share measurement. The reference also associates the company with US$100 million in revenue, but without a year or accounting period. Under this dossier’s sourcing standards, the undated financial figure is omitted from the financial record. The company is also reported to belong to the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Myanmar Agro-base Food Product Manufacturing Association. These affiliations connect IBTC with Myanmar’s organized business community and the country’s agro-based food and beverage manufacturing sector. The public record represented by the supplied reference remains limited. It does not provide a verified company website, headquarters address, current or former executive roster, public listing information, detailed ownership data, major acquisitions, named advertising campaigns, scandals, lawsuits, recalls, or recent product-generation announcements. Accordingly, the documented history is strongest on the company’s 1995 founding, its founder, its Myanmar market focus, its alcoholic-beverage portfolio, and its reported domestic whiskey position.

  • 1995

    Company founded

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    Aung Moe Kyaw founded International Beverages Trading Company Group in Myanmar. The company reportedly began with 50 employees.

Products and positioning

A major Myanmar alcoholic-beverage manufacturer with a strong domestic whiskey focus and a portfolio spanning mainstream whiskey, reserve whiskey, gin, and other spirits.

  • Whiskey

    Grand Royal Whiskey

    A principal whiskey brand in IBTC’s portfolio and the name most closely associated with the company in the supplied reference. The available material does not specify its launch date, formulation, production site, packaging history, or individual market segments.

  • Gin

    Royal Dry Gin

    IBTC’s documented gin offering, extending the company’s portfolio beyond whiskey into another major spirits category. No further product specifications, launch information, or distribution details are provided in the available source.

  • Whiskey

    Eagle Whiskey

    A whiskey label listed among International Beverages Trading’s alcoholic-beverage brands. The supplied reference does not describe its positioning, product variants, launch date, or current distribution.

  • Reserve whiskey

    Grand Royal Special Reserve Whiskey

    A special-reserve whiskey offering associated with the Grand Royal portfolio. Its name indicates a reserve-tier presentation, but the available material does not provide verified details about maturation, composition, release history, or pricing.

  • Whiskey

    Hero Whiskey

    A whiskey brand identified as part of IBTC’s product portfolio. No additional information about its formulation, consumer positioning, launch timing, or geographic availability is given in the supplied reference.

  • Whiskey

    Golden Island Whiskey

    A whiskey label manufactured or marketed by International Beverages Trading according to the available reference. Product-level information beyond the brand name is not documented in the supplied source.

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