Myanmar fruit export through border trade increases in 2008

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YANGON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's fruit export to neighboring countries through border trade in 2008 amounted to 120,000 tons, up from 2007, the local Biweekly Eleven reported in this week's issue.

Of Myanmar's neighboring countries, China imported Myanmar fruits most compared with others such as Thailand and India, the report said.

Tropical fruits such as pine-apple, musk melon, pomelo, avocado pear, asparagus and chilli are mainly exported by Myanmar.

Myanmar has been placing emphasis on production of high-yield fruits and vegetables to boost export, taking advantage of the country's fair climatic conditions and geographic superiority.

The expanded production of quality fruits and vegetables will not only satisfy domestic demand but also generate foreign exchange earnings, thereby contributing to enhancing the socio-economic life of the entire people, agricultural experts said.

There are 100 kinds of kitchen crops including over 70 kinds of fruits produced by Myanmar along with vegetables.

Sown areas of fruit trees have reached 729,000 hectares in Myanmar, while that of vegetable 405,000 hectares and that of kitchen crops such as chilli, onion and potato 263,250 hectares, official report said.

Myanmar is also rich with other tropical fruit resources such as banana, strawberry, durian, mangos teen, papaya, coconut and so on.

According to a latest statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, Myanmar exported 80,000 tons of various items of fruits through border trade in the first nine months (April-December) of the fiscal year 2008-09, gaining over 17 millions U.S. dollars, while it imported over 50,000 tons of other fruits worth of 10 million dollars from the neighboring countries.


Editor: Wang Guanqun