YANGON (Xinhua): Watermelons exported from Myanmar to China via border trade route have been over 113,000 tonnes between January and August this year, the Fruit Commodity Exchange at Muse border post said on Tuesday (Sept 12).
There have been a total of 7,048 trucks that loaded watermelons transported to China in the first eight months this year, according to the Muse Fruit Commodity Exchange.
Watermelons are usually grown in Myanmar from November to June, Soe Than Min Din, chairman of the Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association, told Xinhua on Tuesday, saying that Myanmar usually grows watermelon species that are preferred by China.
Watermelons are mostly cultivated in the Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay regions of Myanmar.
