Myanmar exported over 14,110 metric tons of rice worth US$5.247 million via the maritime route in the first week of July, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation-MRF.
For this week, Myanmar delivers rice to the Philippines most with over 11,270 tonnes while over 1,118 tonnes to China, 80 tonnes to Hong Kong, 24 tonnes to Singapore, over 640 tonnes to Italy, 377 tonnes to Germany, 500 tonnes to Poland and 100 tonnes to the Czech Republic.
The country earned about $0.899 million from the export of 2,560 tonnes of broken rice via the maritime route this week and exported 2,060 tonnes and 500 tonnes of broken rice to China and Belgium respectively. Myanmar received $6.146 million by exporting a total of 16,670 tonnes of rice and broken rice this week. Compared to the previous week’s export, it was more than $0.942 million and more than over 2,600 tonnes.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar