The price for 100 baskets (one basket is equivalent to 46 pounds) of monsoon paddy fetched K620,000 in early harvest time, said U Zaw Khaing, the CEC of Myanmar Rice Federation.
THE prices of maize declined slightly to over K600 per viss (a viss is equal to 1.6kg), according to the Yangon Region Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Bayintnaung Wholesale Centre).
China accounts for 60 per cent of Myanmar’s green gram exports. In addition, countries in the European Union, India, Thailand and Viet Nam also purchase green grams from Myanmar.
Mahaaungmye gems and jade market, which is a major gem market in Mandalay, has been reopened from 12 October and the trading activity is seen in the market, according to Mandalay City Development Committee.
MORE and more people are selling local aquatic products and dried shrimps online in Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine State, according to the owner of Hsu Family Dried Shrimps and Seafood Distribution, which has also a page on Facebook.