Mawlamyinegyun Township ships 750,000 tender coconut to Yangon market in February
Mawlayinegyun March 23
Local merchants sold 750,000 pieces of tender coconut from Mawlamyinegyun Township of Ayeyawady Region to Yangon market in February, said Daw Cho Cho, the owner of coconut trading wholesale centre in Mawlamyinegyun Township.
They supplied 500,000 pieces of tender coconut to Yangon market in January but 750,000 in February. Tender coconut fetches K98,000 per 100 pieces.
Daw Co Cho said: “We send domestic products from Mawlamyinegyun Township to Yangon market only. In January, Yangon market offered a large demand to purchase coconuts to us. So, we sent 750,000 pieces of coconut to the market. Thanks to high demand of coconut, local farmers can earn incomes.”
Currently, merchants as well as local farmers in addition to any others in production chain of coconut are convenient in their relevant livelihoods. Kyaw Kyaw Lin
Source: Yadanarbon Newspaper