SUGARCANE plantations in Tae Hla Village of Than Bo vil-lage-tract, Meiktila Township, have been successful and are sold in the regional market daily, according to local cultivators.
BILATERAL border trade stood at over US$19 million as of 26 April in the current 2018-2019 Fiscal year which saw a slight decrease of $1.87 million or 8.8 per cent, from the correspond-ing period last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s trade report.
Domestic fuel prices have remained unchanged despite the decline in global crude oil prices in the past one week, according to filling stations in Yangon.
A fall in imports in the past seven months of the fiscal year has helped narrow Myanmar’s trade deficit to US$700 million, a significant drop from a deficit of $2.4 billion registered in the corresponding period of the 2017-2018 FY, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.
The residents of Shanywagon Village near the 800-year old Wetthe Lake said they are now generating a good income mainly from production of natural lotus fibre.
THE selling price of onions re-duced by half to K367,200 per ton in early April from K734,400 in the year-ago period, according to traders at the Muse 105th mile trade zone.
Coffee will be cultivated on 5,000 acres of land in Thandaunggyi Township, Kayin State, as part of a special coffee zone project, according to the state’s Agriculture Department.