Trade with South Korea up 30% in January

Mar 18,2019
Trade between Myanmar and the Republic of Korea this January topped US$82.8 million, registering an increase in value by $19.148 million or 30 per cent from last January, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s latest monthly trade report.
Sino-Myanmar bilateral trade worth US$3.7 bln in four months Oct-Jan
Mar 18
The value of Myanmar’s trade with China in the first four months (Oct-Jan) of current fiscal year 2018-2019 totalled US$3.74 billion, including $1.6 million worth of exports and $2.13 billion for import, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce.
MRF urges members to work together to boost exports
Mar 16
The Myanmar Rice Federation has asked member companies to consider cooperative exports to increase rice trade.
Myanmar-India trade in January up 28%
Mar 14
MYANMAR-INDIA bilateral trade totalled US$147 million in January, the fourth month of the fiscal year 2018-2019, with $70.4 million in exports and $77.4 million in imports, according to the monthly trade report of the Ministry of Commerce.
MRF to set floor price for paddy this month
Mar 13
THE Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) will declare at floor price for paddy this month. U Ye Min Aung, the chair of the federation, made the remarks at the MRF central executive meeting, held in the first week of March.
Marine exports up $26 mln in five months
Mar 11
MYANMAR earned about US$364 million from the export of fisheries products in the first five months of the 2018-2019 fiscal year, increasing by $26 million from the corresponding period last 2017-2018 FY, according to official figures issued by the Ministry of Commerce.
Eye on EU tax, Myanmar cuts exports of long-grain rice
Mar 09
In spite of the European Union imposing a tax on imports of long-grain rice, Myanmar’s rice exports to the EU have not declined as traders are shipping rice varieties that don’t fall in the new tax bracket, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).