Domestic palm oil slips alongside drop in import price

Jun 23,2021
The domestic palm oil has slightly declined, tracking the import price retreat, said U San Lin, chair of Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers’ Association.
Domestic rice price increases despite sluggish market
Jun 22
THE price of rice in the domestic market continues rising regardless of the inactive market, said U Than Oo, secretary of Bayintnaung Rice Wholesale Centre.
Trade deficit shrinks to $166.7 mln during over eight months
Jun 21
Myanmar’s trade gap has significantly narrowed to US$166.7 million between 1 October and 4 June of the current financial year 2020-2021 from just $1.24 billion ............
Individual trades through land border exceed K18.3 bln in eight months
Jun 21
Trade conducted by Individual Trading Card (ITC) holders reached over K18.3 billion through the land border in the past eight months of the current financial year 2020-2021, .............
Rubber prices likely to keep climbing in next two months
Jun 18
At present, Myanmar natural rubber fetched K870 per pound (0.45 kilograms) while the price of the ribbed smoked sheet (RSS) hit K880 per pound.
Falling lemon prices hit farmers’ profits
Jun 18
THE lemon farmers are caught between the rising lemon plan[1]tations and falling prices this year, said the lemon farmers from Singaing Township of Mandalay Region.
Sebesten business widely operated as traditional business
Jun 18
MYANMAR people may not have seen Sebesten (Cordia dichotoma), but few have ever seen its leaf because of a large number of people who smoke Sebesten cigarettes (cheroot-like smoking article consisting of tobacco rolled in a wrapper made from the leaf of Cordia dichotoma tree).