Inflation rate extends 4.6% drop in November amid COVID impacts

Jan 5,2021
According to the inflation report released by the Central Statistical Organization under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry, the annual rate of inflation in Myanmar, based on the Consumer Price Index, continued dropping to 4.6 per cent in November 2020 as consumer price fell amid the COVID-19 impacts.
Hlegu rubber lab to issue certificates when COVID restrictions eased
Jan 05
Myanmar Natural Rubber Quality Testing Lab in Hlegu will issue certificates when the government eases coronavirus restrictions.
Muse-Mang Weing land border to open trial 24-hour service from 5 to 14 January 2021
Jan 04

Family farms broccoflower thrive in Pinlebu, Sagaing
Jan 03

Myanmar earns US$176 million from rice shipment in two months
Dec 30
Myanmar made 467,020 metric tons of rice and broken rice shipment to 43 countries as of December 11 in the financial year 2020-2021, fetching 176 million US dollars, according to data updated by the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). 
Squid fishing business in Kawthoung helps villagers earn for living amid COVID-19 crisis
Dec 30
Squid catching business using old-fashioned fishing techniques allows the families in fishing villages of Kawthoung Township to do well amid the employment difficulties triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
China constitutes nearly 80% of Myanmar’s overall rice exports in current FY
Dec 28
Myanmar exported over 363,400 tonnes of rice worth US$138.8 million to China over the past two months of the current financial year 2020-2021, which accounts for 77.8 per cent of overall rice exports, Myanmar Rice Federation’s data indicated.