India maintains curbs on bean imports

India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry informed Myanmar last week that it is maintaining a ban on imports of beans. Myanmar’s Office of the Commissioner of Customs was informed last Thursday that the imports of peas (yellow peas, green peas, dun peas and Kaspa peas) and pulses (black matpe, toor dal) from Myanmar were to […]

Rakhine State Plans to Export 10,000 Tons of Beans to India

Rakhine state plans to export 10,000 tons of Matpe beans to India in the cur­rent fiscal year, which be­gan in April. Official media reported that arrangements are underway to plant Matpe beans in the state during the coming rainy season and will export the sur­plus to the neighboring country, Rakhine State Minister of Planning, Revenue […]

Bean traders involved in credit scandal

Businesses trading in beans and pulses have been asked by the Ministry of Commerce to submit their credit and debit lists by May 6 following a scandal involving billions of Kyats, according to an arbitration committee. The scandal has involved merchants from Bayinaung bean market in Yangon Region who sold large amounts of beans and […]