Myanmar's agricultural exports earn over 3.6 bln USD in over 11 months of FY 2019-20
Source: Xinhua | 2020-09-22
Myanmar earned over 3.61 billion U.S. dollars from agricultural exports in over 11 months of present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October, according to the figures released by the Commerce Ministry on Monday.
This fiscal year's agricultural exports saw an increase of 500 million U.S. dollars, compared to the same period of last fiscal year 2018-2019 when it registered over 3.11 billion U.S. dollars, the ministry's figures said.
As of Sept. 11 of this FY, the country earned over 16.7 billion U.S. dollars from the total exports.
Rice and broken rice, pulses and beans and maize are the main items of export in the agricultural sector while fruits and vegetables, sesame, dried tea leaves, sugar and other agricultural products are also exported to other countries.
Myanmar mainly exports agricultural products to China, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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