Myanmar exports over 2,000 tonnes of honey in 2023-24 fiscal year

YANGON: Myanmar earned US$3 million from the export of 2,006 tonnes of honey in 11 months of the 2023-2024 fiscal year (FY), the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said on Monday (March 5).

"We expect to export 2,300 tonnes of honey this fiscal year. It is expected to export 300 tonnes of honey in March, the remaining month of 2023-2024 FY," U Maung Tint, deputy director of the apiculture division under the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of the ministry said.