16 June
DOMESTIC demands for salted shredded mango has declined by nearly half in three years in Magway Region, according to local retailers.
Regarding the decline, U Hla Myint, a local shredded man-go producer, said, “Demand for salted shredded mango is de-creasing year after year. When compared with the previous three consecutive years, de-mand for the product dropped by nearly half. This is linked to a decrease in production of some crops in the region, as the market totally depends on rural areas where people rely large-ly on farming, and they make donations when they have high crop yields.
Salted shredded mango is one of the marketable domes-tic products in Magway Region. Normally, a customer buys 25 tical (0.408 kilograms). Demand for the product is high, especial-ly in charitable seasons when donors would give at least ten viss (16.329 kilograms) of salted shredded mango, he added.
This year has seen a decline in production in some townships in the region due to erratic weather conditions.
Another shredded mango producer, Daw Aye Kyi, said salt-ed shredded mango producers are facing difficulties due to a continuous decrease in demand for the product. Earlier, there were many salted shredded mango producers in Magway. Now, the number of producers has declined to five.
At present, an 80-litre bag of raw materials is sold for K6,000 in the market. A viss of salted shredded mango is currently priced at K1,000. The prices of salted shredded mango is worth some K2,500 per viss (1.63 kilo-grams) in February and March when the market sees low pro-duction.—Zeyatu (Magway) (Translated by Khaing Thanda Lwin)
