The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105203   Message #2164571
Posted By: beardedbruce
05-Oct-07 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Burma
Subject: RE: BS: Burma
Exports:   
$3.56 billion f.o.b.
note: official export figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of timber, gems, narcotics, rice, and other products smuggled to Thailand, China, and Bangladesh (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:   
gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
Exports - partners:   
Thailand 49%, India 12.8%, China 5.3%, Japan 5.2% (2006)
Imports:   
$1.98 billion f.o.b.
note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:   
fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil
Imports - partners:   
China 34.6%, Thailand 21.8%, Singapore 16.2%, Malaysia 4.7%, South Korea 4.3% (2006)