Myanmar earns over US$931mil from beans, pulses export in over eight months

YANGON: Myanmar earned US$931.955 million from the export of about 1.1 million tonnes of beans and pulses in over eight months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Commerce data on Tuesday (Dec 26).

From April 1 to Dec 15 this year, black gram topped the export list of other beans and pulses with the most value, earning over $501 million.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, beans and pulses are Myanmar's second-most cultivated crops after rice, and account for over 30 per cent of the country's total agricultural production.

Myanmar exports beans and pulses to China, India and European countries.

The South-East Asian country earned over 1.47 billion dollars from the export of over 1,919,156 tonnes of beans and pulses in 2022-2023 fiscal year. - Xinhua