Myanmar earns US$270 M from fishery export

Myanmar earns US$270 M from fishery export
Published 14 January 2020
Zeya Nyein

Myanmar has earned over US$270 million from fishery export from October 1 to January 3 in this fiscal year and it is more US$37 million in compared with the same period in last fiscal year, according to figures from Ministry of Commerce.

At the present, Myanmar is needed tenfold or more to reach the amount of fishery export made by neighbouring countries. The exporters need to advance their breeding techniques instead of fishing naturally, according to fisheries department.

Myanmar will cooperate with technicians from Indonesia, Taiwan and China to build fish food factories, cold-storage factories and modernized factories to earn US$3 billion from fishery sector, said Htay Myint, Chairman of Myanmar Fisheries Federation.

It can create 100,000 job opportunities and Ministry of Planning and Finance will give loans to buy land to build the factories and fish and prowns.