According to the Fruit Commodity Exchange at Muse border post, watermelons exported from Myanmar to China via border trade route amounted to over 113,000 tons between January and August this year. There have been a total of 7,048 trucks that loaded watermelons transported to China in the first eight months this year, according to the Muse Fruit Commodity Exchange.
The watermelon is usually produced in Myanmar from November to June at the highest productivity, said Soe Than Min Din, chairman of the Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association. He added that Myanmar usually grows watermelon species that are mostly preferred by China.
Source: china.org.cn
