THE prices of cotton this year touch a low of K900 per viss (a viss equals 1.6 kg), whereas it fetched up to K1,500 per viss last year, the growers stressed.
The acre of chilli plantation has dropped by half this year because of rising input costs, said Daw Ohnma Kyaw, chair of Myanmar Chilli Market and Technical Development Association.
The price of rubber has sustained its upward momentum in the rubber latex collection season due to stronger foreign demand, according to the rubber entrepreneurs.
THE value of Myanmar’s bilateral trade with Thailand, the neighbouring country, has registered a decrease of US$ 23.3 million between 1 October and 20 August of the current financial year 2020-21 as against a year-ago period, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
