Myanmar border trade with foreign countries reached over USD $ 8.6 billion as of July 10 in the current 2019 – 2020 fiscal year

Myanmar’s trade with foreign countries through border gates reached over 8.6 billion U.S. dollars as of July 10 in present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October, according to figures released by the Commerce Ministry, Xinhua reported.

During the period, the country's export via border gates earned over 5.8 billion U.S. dollars while its import shared over 2.7 billion U.S. dollars.

According to the ministry’s figures, this fiscal year’s border trade increased by over 281 million U.S. dollars, compared to the same period of last fiscal year 2018-2019 when it recorded over 8.3 billion U.S. dollars.

(Mizzima: http://www.mizzima.com/article/border-trade-foreign-countries-reached-over-86-billion-us-dollars-july-10 )

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