THE Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) sold over US$43 million, 65 million baht and over four million yuan in January 2026.
CBM sold over $1.17 million to edible oil-importing companies and over $3.59 million to fuel oil-importing companies on 30 January, along with an injection of over 1.27 million baht.
CBM sold over $1.4 million to edible oil-importing companies on 29 January, in addition to an injection of over one million baht into the market.
CBM announced on 28 January that it would sell $23 million to fuel oil-importing companies and 30 million baht to importers. CBM sold over $2.13 million to edible oil-importing companies on that day.
CBM sold over $3.3 million to edible oil-importing companies on 27 January, in addition to an injection of $430,000, 137,970 yuan and over 2.47 million baht into the market.
CBM sold over $3.29 million to edible oil-importing companies on 26 January, along with selling over 565,900 baht.
CBM pumped $34 million, 11 million baht and 300,000 yuan into the market in December 2025. CBM made an injection of over $21 million, 2.4 million yuan and 1.5 million baht in November and over $2.48 million, 5.75 million yuan and 4.98 million baht in October, along with sales of over $54 million purchased from CMP companies.
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
