The agricultural exports showed a remarkable increase of $63 million over the past month in the current financial year despite a drastic drop in overall export values amid the COVID-19 resurgence.
The price of watermelon exported to China reached the highest level in seven years, said Chairperson U Naing Win of the Myanmar Watermelon and Muskmelon Producers and Exporters Association.
Myanmar will start exporting seedless watermelon to Dubai market in early December, said U Naing Win, chair of Myanmar Watermelon and Muskmelon Producers and Exporters Association.
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.
