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As an agricultural country, Myanmar's exportable agricultural products have constituted the largest share of the exports for many decades. A comparison of values between total exports and agricultural exports during the last eight years is illustrated bellow:-

(Kyats in million)
Sr No Year Total export Agri-export Percentage
1 1995-96 5044 2222 44
2 1996-97 5488 1871 34
3 1997-98 6447 1885 29
4 1998-99 6756 1792 27
5 1999-00 8947 1554 17
6 2000-01 12736 2258 18
7 2001-02 17130 2918 17
8 2002-03 19955 2755 14
9 2003-04 14115 2280 16

The following table shows the volume and value of agricultural exports in 2003-04.

Sr No Products

Volume (MT)

Value (Mil. kyats)

1 Black Gram 33469.00 34.658
2 Maize 10333.00 6.138
3 Pigeon pea 18924.00 28.946
4 Green gram 10183.00 17.756
5 Pe Lyun Phyu 130.00 0.179
6 Niger 494.00 1.454
7 Sesamum 4065.00 12.272
8 Coffee 100.00 0.338
9 Castor seed 209.00 0.409
10 Rice

44.00

0.048

11 Chick pea 1536.80

2.540

12 Sugar 319.00

0.444

13 Jute 6812.00

6.424

14 Rubber Wood 500.00

0.498

15 Rubber 19190.00 96.791
16 Kneaf 635.00 0.025
17 Dried Cabbage 9.00

0.052

 

Total

 

208.972


The MOAI has also participated in export promotion activities since 1992-93. The value of exports by MOAI has steadily increased and exceeded annual targets as tabulated below:-

(Million Kyats)
Year Planned target Performance
1992-93 23.4 36.1
1993-94 99.0 123.9
1994-95 50.8 371.3
1995-96 70.0 167.1
1996-97 100.0 174.2
1997-98 70.0 146.8
1998-99 140.0 105.4
1999-00 238.4 288.5
2000-01 332.3 299.5
2001-02 430.6 212.6
2002-03 441.0 197.5
2003-04 517.0 208.9