Myanmar imports over $1 bln worth iron/steel materials last FY

Nov 24,2020
The value of Myanmar’s iron and steel imports for the construction sector is valued over US$1.19 billion in the past financial year 2019-2020 ended in September, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce.
Natural gas exports top $3.5 bln last FY
Nov 23
Myanmar’s exports of natural gas in the past financial year 2019-2020 amounted to US$3.5 billion, the Commerce Ministry’s data showed.
Price rises by around K600,000 per 100 baskets as monsoon paddy stock lessens
Nov 21
The price of paddy has risen by around K600,000 per 100 baskets (one basket is equivalent to 46 pounds) because of less stock of monsoon paddy, said U Than Oo, the secretary of Bayintnaung Commodity Depot.
CMP garment exports rise last FY despite COVID crisis
Nov 20
Myanmar’s garment export sector, which constitutes over 20 per cent of overall export value, stepped up amid the coronavirus impacts.
Over half (55%) of Asia-Pacific consumers would use Tap to Phone payments: Visa Study
Nov 19
New research from Visa found that the majority (55%) of Asia Pacific consumers would likely use Tap to Phone payments, despite solutions not yet being widely ------------------
Myanmar earns nearly US$850mln from fishery export in 2019-2020FY
Nov 18
MYANMAR fetched US$ 847.5 million from exporting over 600,000 tonnes of fisheries products during the period from 1 October 2019 to late September this financial year -------------
Watermelon trucks stranded at Myanmar-China border
Nov 18
TIGHT security measures at Kyin San Kyawt and Mang Weing checkpoints on Myanmar-China border have resulted in a slowdown in the entry/exit process and a hundred of trucks queuing up at the checkpoint, fruit traders said.