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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:-
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| (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.
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| 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 |
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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:-
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| (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 |