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Myanmar pockets over US$235 mln in mineral exports in past ten months

Myanmar generated US$235.477 million from mineral exports between 1 April 2022 and end-January 2023 in the current financial year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

During the April-January period, the public sector performed mineral exports valued at $23.43 million whereas the private sector saw mineral exports worth $212.04 million.

The export items are gems and jewellery, gold, jade, pearl, diamond, lead, tin, tungsten, silver, copper, zinc, charcoal and other minerals. Myanmar earned $564.457 million from mineral exports between April and 27 January in the last FY2021-2022. Myanmar targets to achieve exports worth $15.5 billion and imports worth $14 billion in the 2022-2023 FY, the National Planning Law stated.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

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