The price of Myanmar fresh chili is on the rise on account of good demand from China and Thailand, said U Khin Han, the chairman of Kitchen Crops Producers and Exporters Association.

Baskets woven from male bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) in West Tadar Village, Tadar Village-tract, Taungtha Township, Myingyan District, are selling well in the market, said U Thaung Kyi, a local basket maker.

Between October and mid-June in the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year, the value of exports through Muse, a border between Myanmar and China, stood at US$2.3 billion, decreasing by over $800 million or 25.8 per cent, as against the same period last 2017-2018 FY.

There was no significant change in fuel prices in the domestic market during the week between 17 and 23 June, local retailers said.

The Ayeyawady Housing with a capability to withstand an earthquake of a magnitude of 7 on the Richter Scale was built on a land plot near Phan Khar Myay golf course, about 700 ft. from Natmauk Road and the apartments will be sold through an installment system, according to an official from the housing project.

NEARLY  5,000  acres  of  black  sesame, in high demand by Ja-pan and China, were grown us-ing the GAP system in Aunglan Township this year, according to the Agricultural Department.