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When asked about the advantages of bananas from Myanmar, manager He replied: 'The overall area devoted to banana plantation in north Myanmar exceeds 20 thousand hectares. The plantation has an annual production volume of 350 thousand tons. The main variety grown in this plantation is the Brazilian Williams banana, a sub-type of the popular Cavendish variety. The plantation covers an area of 6,667 hectares. Jinxin Company owns a banana plantation in Kachin, north Myanmar. However, it is still too early to tell how the price will develop during this period.' When asked about his predictions for the banana market in the next few weeks, he replied: 'Banana farmers in Myanmar will start harvesting bananas in large volumes in June, which means that banana supply will grow, and so we prepare for another peak period of Myanmar banana import. Although banana farmers are still able to recover their investment, the profit margin is growing smaller,' said manager He. The current market price of Myanmar bananas is 2.5-2.6 yuan per kg. Now that the supply volume is growing, the price is falling again. The price of bananas from Myanmar was quite high because consumer demand was much higher than market supply. However, market supply of some products is still limited. 'As for the price of bananas, the outbreak of Covid-19 is under control in China and consumer power is growing again. In the last few weeks our company imported around 10 truck-loads of bananas per day, but our import volume is still not back to the same levels as last year.' This is not just the case for our company, but the entire Chinese banana industry saw the import of Southeast Asian bananas decline. 'Data shows that our sales of Myanmar bananas in the Chinese market declined by 62% in the first five months of this year.

Banana farmers in Myanmar lost as much as 3-4 thousand tons of bananas per day,' explained manager He. 'Distribution was nearly impossible in March and April, and, as a result of these difficulties, many bananas were left to rot.

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A Chinese truck driver will then load all the products onto a Chinese truck and transport the shipment to its destination in China.' For example, any truck driver who arrives at the border, whether the truck and the driver are Chinese or from Myanmar, has to unload all products in a designated area. The conditions in Houqiao are now improving, but there are still many difficulties that hinder the distribution process. This situation continued until the middle of April. The distribution process became segmented and banana import from Myanmar was temporarily disrupted. Even people without Covid-19 were not allowed to just cross the border through any port in Yunnan. 'The provincial government of Yunnan published three announcements with regard to the outbreak of Covid-19 around the 23rd of March. (hereafter referred to as 'Jinxin Company'), recently talked about current conditions in Myanmar banana export to China. He Zhongpu, the assistant CEO of Yunnan Jinxin Agriculture Co., Ltd. The import volume is also larger than a few months ago. The number of trucks that cross the border at Houqiao in Yunnan continues to grow. The conditions of Myanmar banana export to the Chinese market has gradually improved in recent weeks.

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