AreaMyanmar

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date02/04/2020

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport restrictions, export licences

DescriptionIssued statements to the press indicating that the suspension in issuance of new rice export licences, reportedly in place since late March, was a transitory measure put in place while new export arrangements were being devised. Rice exports previously licensed could continue during the transition period.