COVID-19 pandemic has posed several challenges on several fronts, bring mental health consequences of the pandemic for health workers working at frontlines and a vast majority of people struggling for livelihood and trying to adapt to the pandemic.
Singapore has remained as the top source of foreign direct investments into Myanmar in the current financial year 2019-2020, according to data released by the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).
The goat and cattle exporter are asking for regulatory relief and market creation in domestic meat market as they are carrying a heavy burden due to export difficulties through border trade and high input costs such as feedstuff cost and labour wages.
Myanmar’s trade gap has significantly surged to US$1.46 billion in the financial year 2019-2020 from over $1 billion registered in the corresponding period of the 2018-2019FY, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Commerce.
The prices of black bean, pigeon peas and chickpeas which are mainly exported to India touched a three-year high on the back of strong demand by India, Mandalay traders said.
