The trade activities returned to normal in Muse 105 mile trade zone

Trade activities are returned to nearly normal in Muse 105-mile trade zone as buyers from China came to buy fruits at the trade zone in recent days, sources said.

The trade activities in Muse 105-mile trade zone were nearly stopped after the COVID-19 virus outbreak in China.

“Now over 200 truckloads of watermelons and muskmelons are entered in the market daily since February 22. We exported about 700 truckloads of watermelons to China daily before the COVID-19 virus,” said Yee Yee Khaing from a fruit wholesale shop.

Although many trucks carrying watermelons came to the trade zone, no buyer is interested to buy seedless watermelons in the market.

“Seedless watermelons are not sold and I think the importers cannot send them to provinces in China, which eat the seedless watermelons. The price of seedless watermelons is high and traders don’t want to risk their money on them,” said Sai Onn, a fruit trader.

The china can increase their control to the COVID-19 virus and the infection rate and death rate in China are declined. Over 80 per cent of buyers from China are come here, according to Kwarnyo fruit wholesale shop in Muse.

Total border trade volume is reached to over US$3.283 billion from October 1 to January 24 and four border trade centers in Myanmar-China border earned over US$2.099 billion in that period. Among them, trade volume of Muse border trade center is the highest with over US$1.717 billion.

(Eleven Media Group: https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/trade-activities-return-to-normal-in-muse-105-mile-trade-zone )

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