Myanmar's watermelon exports to China resumed, making port clearance more difficult

 

Due to changes in border trade methods, the export of watermelons from Myanmar to China is very slow
.
Practitioners in the Muji fruit market said that after the port was opened, the condition of the watermelons and melons waiting in the Shwe Lwe Inn unloading yard was not very good, but the watermelon merchants still don’t want to look back.
There are some watermelon trucks in the 105-yard parking lot.
Attempting to turn around and return
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A driver who exported watermelons said that due to the long waiting time in the queue, some watermelons in the car had been broken
.
At one time, hundreds of trucks were stranded in the 105-yard parking lot, including trucks that transported watermelons
.
People can only throw away the broken watermelons.
The remaining good quality watermelons are sold in the vicinity of Muse.
One watermelon costs 3,000 kyats and two watermelons 5,000 kyats
.

 

On November 29, China approved two vehicles of Myanmar watermelons to enter the country after testing
.
Some practitioners said that of the 26 carts of watermelon lined up for export at the China-Myanmar border trade port on December 9, only 5 carts were exported to the Chinese border fruit market
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It is reported that the five-car watermelon was originally priced at RMB 100,000.
Due to the long queue time, the quality of some watermelons declined and did not meet the transaction standard
.
In the end, only 4 carts of watermelon were sold, which was sold at RMB 22,500 per cart (a total of RMB 90,000)
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　　It is understood that in order to prevent and control the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Golden Triangle Port was closed on July 8, trial opening on November 22, and officially reopened on November 26
.
Affected by the epidemic, the original transfer mode is no longer applicable, and a new method of container transfer will now be adopted
.
The goods must be transported in containers.
The container trucks are driven to the set handover center, and the cranes are used to transfer the containers to the Chinese trucks on the Myanmar side of the Myanmar-China border for handover
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The prevention and control of the new crown epidemic has become a key task of customs clearance.
Now the fruit packaging to China must be packaged in cardboard boxes.
The goods are first disinfected in Myanmar and stayed for 48 hours.
After the goods transit the border, they will be quarantined in China for 24 hours
.
After customs clearance and tax declaration, virus testing is carried out, and only if the result is normal, the transportation and delivery can be continued
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This will also increase transportation costs and operational difficulties to a certain extent, and border trade workers and businessmen will face new challenges
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　　According to Myanmar’s "Myawaddy" Daily, this year, domestic melon farmers in Myanmar are targeting the domestic market for cultivation
.
The profit of 1 acre (about 6 acres) of watermelon is about 1.
5 million kyats (about 5338.
5 yuan), which is good for the growers
.
A melon farmer in Sagaing Province said that it is not bad to be able to make such a profit.
His watermelons are sent to the Yangon market for sale
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Watermelons in Myanmar are sold per piece.
The larger the watermelon, the higher the price.
Therefore, the less watermelon in a car, the higher the price
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The watermelon currently shipped to Yangon is priced at 3.
3 million kyats (approximately RMB 11,744) for 1,000 watermelons, 3 million kyats for 1,300 watermelons, and 2.
8 million kyats for 1,500 watermelons
.

 

　　In previous years, watermelons and melons produced in Myanmar were mainly exported
.
However, in the past season, the Golden Triangle Port was closed, and watermelons and melons were not sold.
Fruit farmers suffered a great loss, which also led to a significant reduction in the domestic melon field planting area
.
In the past, the cantaloupe grown in Myanmar could be sold abroad in three seasons a year, and most of the watermelons were exported abroad from November to May
.
In the 2018-19 fiscal year, Myanmar exported 800,000 tons of watermelon and 150,000 tons of cantaloupe
.
In the 2019-20 fiscal year, Myanmar exported 600,000 tons of watermelon and 140,000 tons of cantaloupe
.