Myanmar earns US$521mil from fishery exports in nine months

Seafood processing and packaging for exports. - Photo: supplied

YANGON: Myanmar earned US$521 million from exporting 420,308 tons of fishery products in the first nine months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year starting April last year, state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported on Wednesday (Jan 15).

This marks an increase compared to the same period last fiscal year, when the country earned 518 million dollars from exporting over 345,000 tons, the report said, citing the Department of Fisheries.

Myanmar's fishery products were exported to more than 30 countries.

The country mainly exports agricultural, animal and fishery products, minerals, forestry products and manufactured goods to its foreign trade partners including China, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. - Xinhua