Current Status and Prospects of Sugarcane(Cane Sugar)Industry Development in Myanmar and Cooperation with China
[Objective]In order to comprehensively understand the current status of sugarcane(cane sugar)industry development in Myanmar,[Methods]we used data from Myanmar Statistical Yearbook,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations database,World Drug Report on sugarcane plantation scale,as well as trade data from ASEAN database and UN Comtrade Database to analyze the production and trade situation of sugarcane in Myanmar based on production concentration,regional comparative advantage index,and trade competitiveness index.[Results]The results show that,from the production aspect:sugarcane production was concentrated mainly in the northern regions,with Sagaing,Shan State,Bago Region and Mandalay Region being the top four provinces in sugarcane production;However,the cane yield of Myanmar's sugarcane had a significant gap with Chinese average and global average and global highest data;Shan State,Sagaing Region,and Nay Pyi Taw had strongly Integrated Comparative Advantage(EAIij>2)in sugarcane production.From the trade aspect,cane sugar was the mainly type of trade in sugarcane and its products in Myanmar,and was mainly import;China had always been the first destination country of Myanmar's sugarcane and cane sugar exports,while the main source countries of Myanmar's sugar imports were Thailand and India;Both sugarcane and cane sugar of Myanmar had the strong competitive advantages in Chinese market.[Conclusion]Therefore it is suggested that,both of the government of China and Myanmar should make a further strengthen in the cooperation of sugarcane science and technology research and promotion,and conduct an industrial development demonstration in the cross-border areas between two countries,and strengthen the support and development the sugarcane Substitution Planting Projects.
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