MYANMAR has earned over US$460 million from various puls¬es exports so far in the current financial year 2022-2023, the Min¬istry of Commerce’s statistics indicated. Myanmar exported $463.255 million worth of over 601,226 met¬ric tonnes of various pulses to foreign countries between 1 April and 12 August 2022, according to statistics released by the Minis¬try of Commerce. Over the four months, the country shipped over 461,448 tonnes of pulses to external mar-kets through sea trade, gener¬ating an income of $369.089 mil¬lion, while $94.166 million worth of 139,777 tonnes of pulses were sent to the neighbouring coun¬tries via cross-border posts. Myanmar conveyed $1.57 billion worth of over 2.02 million tonnes of various beans and pulses to foreign trade part¬ners in the 2020-2021 FY. The country shipped $966.4 million valued over 1.24 million tonnes of pulses and beans to foreign markets through sea route, and $604.3 million valued over 786,920 tonnes were sent to neighbouring countries through land border, the MoC’s trade data showed. Myanmar’s bean cultivation covers 20 per cent of overall culti¬vable lands. Among them, black bean, pigeon pea and green gram constitute 72 per cent of bean acreage. Other beans includ¬ing peanut, chickpea, soybean, black eyed beans, butter bean and ricebean are also grown in the country. Myanmar’s agricul¬ture sector is the backbone of the country’s economy and various pulses are included in the main agricultural export items. —TWA/ GNLM