MYANMAR brought in over 1.4 million tonnes of fertilizers in the past nine months of the current financial year 2024-2025 begin­ning 1 April, according to the Urea Fertilizer Purchasing and Distribution Steering Committee.

Union Minister for Coop­eratives and Rural Develop­ment U Hla Moe who chaired the committee stated that the committee will continue evalu­ating and recommending import of the remaining fertilizers and pesticides.

Myanmar Fertilizer, Seed and Pesticide Entrepreneurs Association (MFSPEA) must monitor each company whether they can import as per the set import volume or not. The per­mit should be granted to only those companies that can actu­ally and completely import them, he added.

The steering committee is asked to govern shops in each region and state if they follow the set reference prices of ferti­lizers after adding transport cost and set profit margin, to report overcharging, to monitor market manipulation with stocks piled up and to cooperate with the officials concerned and the relevant de­partments. The Union minister also addressed the departments concerned to ensure no delay in import of agricultural inputs, quality assurance and price fair­ness.

At present, the Fertilizer Committee holds a quarterly meeting to ensure quality ferti­lizers for growers without facing shortages. Under the approval of Fertilizer Technology Group, 11,573 fertilizer registrations have been granted after the 41^st meeting of the Fertilizer Com­mittee. With individuals’ consent, 1,957 registrations were volun­tarily cancelled. The department revoked 2,793 registrations for expiration of validity and 6,823 registrations are still under pro­cessing for now. — NN/KK