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FAS Rangoon (Post) forecasts Burma’s rice exports, corn exports, and wheat import smaller in MY 2023/24. Exporters and importers continue to face a lot of uncertainties with the continuing changing policies on export/import procedures and foreign currency controls.

Myanmar’s major corn production area is located in the central part of the country, particularly in Shan State which has about 52 percent of total production. Most farmers use high-yielding hybrid...

Myanmar’s bean and pulse exports in the first quarter of 2016 (January-March) dropped 41 percent from the same period in 2015 due to low domestic stocks.

Production of rice, beans, and pulses is forecast to decline in MY 2015/16 due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Myanmar exported 1.54 million metric tons of beans and pulses in 2015, up 25 percent from the previous year due mainly to higher demand from India.