AreaMyanmar

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date07/04/2020

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport restrictions, export licences

DescriptionIssued a rice export plan specifying that traders who sought rice export permits between 16 and 20 March 2020 would be required to sell 10 percent of volumes they intended to ship (as milled Emata) to the state for reserve purposes. Said volumes needed to be delivered to state warehouses within a week after sought shipments were concluded, or traders would risk having permits revoked, among other penalties. Further export instructions would be issued successively.