COVID update: Truckers tested, dollar weak
Myanmar’s pandemic has passed 30,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with no signs of slowing. Elections, transportation and logistics, and a weakening dollar on currency markets are the latest concerns. Shipping routes could be a main vector for the
Trade exceeds target despite pandemic
Despite nearly a year of uncertainty, Myanmar’s trade volume has managed to weather the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well, according to Minister of Commerce U Than Myint. In a meeting held this week, the minister claimed Myanmar’s trade tFishery exports surge by over 17% this FY
Myanmar’s fiscal year ended on September 30th and some sectors have performed better than others. When it comes to trade, fishery exports is one of them. The Ministry of Commerce said that export earnings from the fisheries sector during the pe
Mandalay outbreak could infect trade
Myanmar’s second largest city is scrambling to prevent its own full-scale epidemic with a stay-at-home order, spot temperature checks, and other lockdown measures. And although (at the time of writing) Mandalay has less than 500 confirmed COVIDThailand and Myanmar resume cross-border goods transport
After almost 2 weeks with trade halted between Thailand and Myanmar, both countries have managed to reach an agreement and resume trade on September 30th. Myanmar has accepted Thailand’s proposal to resume goods transportation under the condition t
