YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar exported more than 117,201 tonnes of green grams in the first two months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the country's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday (June 13).
From April 1 to June 2 this year, the country earned over US$76.639 million from the exports of green grams, the ministry's figures showed. Myanmar's total exports of beans and pulses, including green grams, during the period reached over 310,573 tonnes, its figures showed.
"Green grams were mostly exported to China," U Soe Win Maung, advisor of Myanmar Pulses, Beans, Maize and Sesame Seeds Merchants Association, told Xinhua. They were also exported to Vietnam and a number of European countries, he added.
Green grams and black grams are the most commonly cultivated beans and pulses in Myanmar, accounting for around 60 to 70 per cent of the total production of beans and pulses in the country, he said.
In the 2022-23 fiscal year, Myanmar exported more than 1.91 million tonnes of beans and pulses including over 691,399 tonnes of green grams, the ministry's figures showed.
Beans and pulses are Myanmar's second-most cultivated crops after rice, accounting for 33 per cent of the country's total agricultural production.
