Over 30,000 tonnes of rice worth US$13 mln exported in March 2nd week

More than 33,250 tonnes of rice and broken rice worth the trade value of US$13.289 million were exported to foreign countries in the second week of March, the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce indicated.
From 11 to 17 March, over 10,090 tonnes of rice were shipped via the maritime route to Asian countries and more than 9,000 tonnes of rice to EU member countries. Myanmar exported rice to the Philippines, China and Malaysia in Asian countries, and Turkiye, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Lebanon, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia and France in EU member countries.
As for broken rice exports, more than 11,990 tonnes of broken rice were delivered to EU member countries, earning a trade value of $4.156 million.
More than 1,460 tonnes of broken rice were shipped through the Myanmar-China border trade this week, pocketing the trade value of $0.517 million.
Myanmar collected a total value of $4.673 million from broken rice exports via maritime trade and border trade. — TWA/CT