09-06-2025
Myanmar aims to export over 350,000 tonnes of rubber in FY 2025-26
YANGON: Myanmar aims to export 350,000 to 380,000 tonnes of rubber in the 2025-2026 fiscal year (April 2025-March 2026), an official from the Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association told Xinhua on Sunday (June 8).
In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, Myanmar exported about 300,000 tonnes of rubber, earning nearly US$500 million, according to the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar.
Exports to China account for 75 per cent of Myanmar's total rubber exports, with the rest going to Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and Japan, the report said.
Rubber is grown on 0.56 million ha across the country. Mon State is the main producer of rubber, followed by Tanintharyi region and Kayin state, it added. - Bernama/Xinhua
