Myanmar’s Sein Ta Lone mangoes have started to be exported to China from the border. The price in the Chinese market is not good, said the border fruit traders.
Currently, Sein Ta Lone mangoes are being exported via the Kengtung – Mong La – Daluo route.
In the process of exporting, in addition to the long transporting time, the exporting cost is high, and the market conditions do not favour high selling prices.
Some border traders said that when two or three trucks of mangoes entered the Daluo market simultaneously, the price tended to drop.
This year, mango production has decreased, and domestic and international demand has also dropped by more than 50 per cent.
A bucket of mango can be sold for about Ks. 50,000 to Ks.60,000 in the domestic market. But there is not the same price in the Daluo market, said some fruit stallers.
Mangoes are started to be harvested in April every year. In previous years, tens of thousands of tonnes were exported to China via the Muse border route.
