YANGON- Wilmar Myanmar which is a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Wilmar International, one of the largest agribusinesses in Asia, will be building the largest rice mill in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), according to the reports.

The mill will produce till 1,200 tons of rice per day.

The Wilmar Myanmar opened a new flour mill and consumer pack edible oil processing plant in Thilawa SEZ, Yangon, on October 27th.

The mill will be producing 530 tons of wheat per day, while the processing plant will have the capacity to produce 460 tons of edible oil per day.

The stake driving ceremony to build the largest rice mill in Thilawa SEZ was held in conjunction with the opening ceremony of a new flour mill and consumer pack edible oil processing plant in Thilawa SEZ, Yangon, on October 27th.

Upon completion of rice mill, rice bags will be exported to the foreign countries via Thilawa jetty.

“Myanmar is the second largest land wide country among the South-east Asia. Moreover, it riches good soil and more rainfalls and there are 54 million peoples. I believed that Myanmar owned the prosperity of business and agriculture sectors. So, it can create not only local agricultural imports and local and foreign markets,” said Kuok Khoon Hong, CEO of Wilmar International Limited.

The Wilmar Myanmar had opened the Wilmar Jetty on March 25th, 2018.

Myanmar Investment Commission granted Wilmar Company to operate Wilmar Myanmar Port Terminals (Thilawa) under a 50-year build, operate and transfer agreement with the government.

The jetty has totaling 234-meter length and 25 meters breadth. Moreover, plans are underway to extend the jetty construction having 390 meters long and 13 meters depth of water.

It is the 3rd general commodity jetty and construction was started in February, 2016 and completed by the end of November 2017.