Mynamar trade steady year-on-year despite flooding: ministry

Myanmar’s trade volumes for the first half of this fiscal year match last year’s figures despite devastating flooding in July and August and a six-week embargo on rice exports.

Myanmar’s bilateral trade was worth US$16.204 billion over the first six months of fiscal year 2016, placing the country on track to meet its $29.9 billion target by the end of the year.

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