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Despite Border Closures Mae Sot – Myawaddy Border Trades Earned USD $705.627 Million in the Last Three and a Half Months, Doubled Same Period for 2021

January 30, 2022

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Citing the increase in both exports and imports through the Myawaddy – Mae Sot route, the Ministry of Commerce, under the control of SAC, reported trade reached USD$705.627 million in just three and a half months, from 1 October 2021 to 14 January 2022. The report stated that the total trade value in the same period during the previous year…

Border trade

Despite Border Closures Mae Sot – Myawaddy Border Trades Earned USD $705.627 Million in the Last Three and a Half Months, Doubled Same Period for 2021

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