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14 rice mills to use 18.4 MW solar power this FY

Global New Light of Myanmar Fourteen rice mills will install 18.4 megawatt solar power in the current financial year 2025-2026 under the Public-Private Partnership, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation.Shwe Wah Yaung rice mills inaugurated a ceremony to generate electricity with solar in Shwelinpan Industrial Park in Hlinethaya Township. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe […]

Myanmar earns US$214M from 614,000-tonne rice exports in Q1

Nyein Nyein The Ministry of Commerce is collaborating with major trade associations to hit monthly export targets and streamline the export process. Myanmar shipped over 614,000 tonnes of rice and broken rice to foreign trade partners in the first quarter of the current financial year 2025-2026, beginning 1 April, bagging US$214 million, Myanmar Rice Federation […]

MAPCO exports over 7,000 tonnes of rice to 5 countries in Q1

Global New Light of Myanmar Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation (MAPCO) shipped 7,302 tonnes of rice to five foreign countries in the first quarter of the current financial year 2025-2026, beginning 1 April, generating an income of US$2.4 million.Exports were delivered to China (3,976 tonnes), Indonesia (2,080 tonnes), Mozambique (780 tonnes), the Czech Republic (416 tonnes) […]

MRF targets 3M tonnes of rice exports in FY2025-26

Global New Light of Myanmar The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) aimed to reach three million tonnes of rice export in the current financial year 2025-2026, beginning 1 April.Myanmar conveyed over 400,000 tonnes of rice and broken rice to foreign trade partners in the past two months (April-May), comprising over 217,070 tonnes of rice and 185,213 […]

MRF sets fair market prices for premium rice varieties

Nyein Nyein The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) offers fair market prices for Shwebo Pawsan, Ayeyawady Pawan and Samantha rice varieties, it announced on 13 June.MRF and the Myanmar Rice and Paddy Traders Association jointly arrange this affordable rice sale every Wednesday and Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm at Wadan Rice Depot in Lanmadaw […]

Myanmar plans to export 3 million tonnes of rice and broken rice in 2025-2026 FY.

U Ye Min Aung, Chairman of the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF), stated that an estimated three million tonnes of rice and broken rice are expected to be exported in the 2025-2026 FY. The Department of Agriculture has invited companies wishing to apply for registration to export rice and broken rice to China to submit expressions […]

Myanmar Pawsan rice seeks GI status

Global New Light of Myanmar. First exported in 2001-2002, Myanma Pawsan – known globally as Myanma Pearl Rice – earned international acclaim when Pyapon Pawsan won top honours at the World Rice Conferences in 2009 and 2011. Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) stated that Myanmar is working towards achieving Geographical Indication (GI) status for Myanma Pawsan […]