YANGON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar exported 58,334 tons of rice and broken rice in July this year, according to data released by the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) on Friday.
The figure decreased from over 182,550 tons of rice and broken rice exported in July last year, the MRF's data showed.
The exports of rice and broken rice in July this year included 21,762 tons of rice and 36,572 tons of broken rice.
The federation said Myanmar has shipped 47,938 tons of the exported rice and broken rice via sea routes, and the rest via land border gates.
The Southeast Asian country exported rice and broken rice to more than 20 countries including the Philippines, Spain, Poland, China, Belgium and the Netherlands last month.
Myanmar earned 853.472 million U.S. dollars from the export of more than 2.2 million tons of rice and broken rice in the 2022-23 fiscal year (April 2022-March 2023), showed the MRF data. ■
