1、 THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S.GOVERNMENT POLICY Required Report:Required-Public Distribution Date:April 09,2025 Report Number:BM2025-0004 Report Name:Grain and Feed Annual Country:Burma-Union of Post:
2、Rangoon Report Category:Grain and Feed Prepared By:FAS Rangoon Approved By:Kelly Stange Report Highlights:FAS Rangoon forecasts Burmas rice and corn production to increase in MY 2025/26 due to improvement in average yield,driven by favorable weather and flood recovery compared to MY 2024/25.Burmas w
3、heat imports for MY 2025/26 are expected to remain below pre-COVID and pre-coup levels due to challenges in obtaining import licenses.However,exporters and importers face ongoing uncertainty due to the regimes foreign currency controls,delays in import licensing,and the continued conflict between th
4、e regime and ethnic armed forces.2 Disclaimer The FAS Office of Agricultural Affairs in Rangoon,Burma,prepared this report for U.S.exporters of food and agricultural products.Following the February 1,2021,military coup in Burma(also known as Myanmar),FAS has limited its official interaction with Bur
5、mese military regime officials.Additionally,as a result of ongoing countrywide conflicts,Post has been unable to conduct crop surveys in some major crop-growing areas.Burmas Ministry of Agriculture,Livestock and Irrigation(MOALI),and Ministry of Commerce do not publish official production data and h
6、as been less cooperative in sharing data updates since the coup.Since 2022,FAS has not been able to access official trade statistics maintained by the Ministry of Commerce.There have been no country-wide consumption surveys in Burma since 20161.Post forecasts consumption based on interviews and othe