Trade between Myanmar, foreign countries reaches over 28.3 billion USD

13 July 2020
Trade between Myanmar, foreign countries reaches over 28.3 billion USD
Motorists travel along a road in Yangon on May 14, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP

The total trade between Myanmar and foreign countries reached over 28.3 billion U.S. dollars in ten months of present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020, according to figures released by the Commerce Ministry Xinhua reported.

From Oct. 1, 2019 to July 3, Myanmar earned over 13.2 billion U.S. dollars while its import shared over 15 billion U.S. dollars.

The country's trade deficit of present FY recorded over 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, up from over 890.6 million U.S. dollars compared to the corresponding period of last FY 2018-2019.