THE Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) sold US$1.18 million to edible oil-importing companies and over US$415,900 to fuel oil-importing companies on 11 August after purchasing the foreign currencies from companies working on a Cut, Make and Pack basis.
Furthermore, CBM injected over 65,000 yuan into the market on that day. CBM also sold over US$348,000 to CMP companies and those who made non-trade payment transactions. Moreover, importers of refined sugar, pharmaceuticals, pharma raw materials, electrical devices, industrial raw materials, construction materials, auto parts, motorcycle parts, telecommunication equipment, pesticides, tar and food commodities.
CBM injected over 1.46 million yuan and over 930,300 baht on 8 August.
Additionally, CBM sold $701,120 to edible oil-importing companies and $361,921 to fuel oil-importing companies on the same day.
CBM sold over $1.665 million to edible oil-importing companies after the injection of over 56,000 yuan into the market on 7 August.
CBM also sold over $1.2 million to edible oil-importing companies and $590,000 to fuel oil-importing companies on 6 August after selling over 1.46 million yuan and 1.5 million baht into the financial market on that day.
CBM injected over 1.4 million yuan and one million baht into the financial market on 6 August after selling over $1.2 million into the edible oil-importing companies and over $590,500 to fuel oil-importing companies on that day.
CBM announced on 5 August that it would pump $30 million into the fuel oil sector.
CBM sold over $1.86 million purchased from CMP companies to edible oil-importing companies, in addition to an injection of 1.38 million yuan into the market on the same day.
CBM announced on 4 August that it would sell 10 million yuan and 50 million baht to importers.
CBM also sold over $1.08 million to edible oil importing companies and $620,200 to fuel oil-importing companies on that day.
CBM also pumped over $1.04 million into edible oil-importing companies and over $434,400 to fuel oil-importing companies on 1 August.
CBM sold $36.5 million purchased from companies working on a Cut, Make and Pack basis, in addition to the injection of $8.8 million, 13.3 million baht, 10.5 million yuan and 500,000 rupees in July. Furthermore, CBM sold over $2.3 million to other commodities-importing companies as per its initial announcement of selling $10 million.
CBM sold $8.4 million, 13.9 million baht and 5.2 million yuan in June 2025, in addition to an injection of $14.9 million that was purchased from the CMP enterprises into the financial market.
CBM aims to curb the instability in the foreign exchange market and currency devaluation. According to CBM’s notification on 15 March 2024, it has been collaborating with law enforcement agencies to combat and prosecute those who attempt to manipulate the currency market under the existing laws. CBM allowed authorized dealers (private banks) to operate online foreign exchange trading freely as per the market rate, depending on supply and demand, starting from 5 December 2023. — NN/KK
