Myanmar’s trucks with full load of onions and garlic to export to China have piled up in Muse, a border town, as Chinese suddenly stopped buying these goods since May 6, according to official sources.
“About 100 trucks piled up there waiting
for Chinese buying” said Khin Han, the vice-chairman for Myanmar Onion,
Garlic and Culinary Crops Production and Exporting Association.
It’s not still clear why they suddenly stopped buying, he added.
Ministry of Commerce has officially
allowed exporting onions and garlic to foreign countries and it doesn’t
make any banning on the exports for the time being, he said.
Myanmar also exports the culinary crops to Malaysia and Indonesia as well as China.
“We don’t stop exporting them. But the
export trucks piled up in Muse as Chinese buyers suddenly stopped
buying. [Some] said they stopped buying for a while they got new
produces there,” Khin Han said.
An average of 20 trucks arrive in the
town every day carrying their loads of onions and garlic produced all
across the country through Mandalay, the second-largest city and the
economic hub of Upper Myanmar.
Currently local trade of the crops stands still due to the stop.
“From last Sunday Chinese buyers
abruptly stopped buying. Mandalay buyers also stopped buying the crops
as a result. In Yangon, its price could go down here if their stocks
pile up in local markets,” said Tin Aung Min, a local trader.
“About 100 trucks piled up there waiting
for Chinese buying” said Khin Han, the vice-chairman for Myanmar Onion,
Garlic and Culinary Crops Production and Exporting Association.
It’s not still clear why they suddenly stopped buying, he added.
Ministry of Commerce has officially
allowed exporting onions and garlic to foreign countries and it doesn’t
make any banning on the exports for the time being, he said.
Myanmar also exports the culinary crops to Malaysia and Indonesia as well as China.
“We don’t stop exporting them. But the
export trucks piled up in Muse as Chinese buyers suddenly stopped
buying. [Some] said they stopped buying for a while they got new
produces there,” Khin Han said.
An average of 20 trucks arrive in the
town every day carrying their loads of onions and garlic produced all
across the country through Mandalay, the second-largest city and the
economic hub of Upper Myanmar.
Currently local trade of the crops stands still due to the stop.
“From last Sunday Chinese buyers
abruptly stopped buying. Mandalay buyers also stopped buying the crops
as a result. In Yangon, its price could go down here if their stocks
pile up in local markets,” said Tin Aung Min, a local trader.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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