Trade deficit up two-fold in current fiscal year

Myanmar’s trade gap has significantly widened in eight and half months of the current financial year 2019-2020 to more than US$1.7 billion from $853 million registered in the corresponding period of the 2018-2019FY, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Commerce.
Pineapple growers call for legitimate export channel to China
Myanmar pineapple growers are expecting official export channel to China, according to Myanmar Pineapple Producers and Exporters Association.
UK postal operator Royal Mail cuts 2,000 jobs

Selling exceeds buying in local gold market
The domestic gold market sees more sellers than buyers, said general secretary U Ohn Myaing of Myanmar Gold Entrepreneurs Association (MGEA).
Bagan-NyaungU ancient cultural zone reopens some hotels to visitors 
The local government reportedly allowed the hoteliers to reopen 20 hotels and one guesthouse in Bagan-NyaungU ancient cultural region in Mandalay that were once closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said U Win Aung, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism.
Consumer rights and the rules employers will have to follow
THE author had a quick casual glance at three shops close at hand while he was in Mandalay Region on business purpose.
Natural gas exports to Thailand down by $400 mln in current fiscal
Myanmar’s exports of natural gas over the past eight months of the current financial year amounted to US$1.8 billion, a decrease of about $400 million compared with the corresponding period of 2018-2019 FY, according to the Commerce Ministry.