• How many edible oil mills are there in Myanmar?
  • East Lansing: Michigan State University. This report presents findings from a survey of edible oil mills in Myanmar¡¯s Central Dry Zone, comprised of structured interviews with 144 mills in five urban centers, and 38 mills in rural areas of nine townships (total 182 mills). The following results stand out:
  • Is Myanmar’s edible oil market segmented?
  • Myanmar¡¯s market for edible oil has become segmented. Retail prices for groundnut oil and palm oil have diverged to such an extent that locally sourced products cater to a relatively small group of better-off consumers who can afford domestically produced oil, and a large group of lower income consumers who cannot
  • What are the major oilseed crops in Myanmar?
  • Major oilseed crops are groundnut, sesame, sunflower, mustard, and niger (DOA, 2020). Edible oil is an important part of the Myanmar diet which is used for frying and is often just mixed with other foods such as rice to improve palatability.
  • Why did the oil mill stop in Myanmar?
  • In the current situations of oil mills in Myanmar, the cost of raw material, electricity and labor are high and the current growth of lower quality edible oil market which are mixed with groundnut fragrance are dominant, therefore, the mill has stopped as the processing cost do not cover.
  • Which oil refinery in Myanmar produces palm oil?
  • They are Yuzana oil refinery which refines 300 MT/day, South Dagon oil refinery which refines 200 MT/day and Wilmar Myanmar Edible Oils Limited oil refinery in Thilawa port terminal which refines 460 MT/day. At present, crude palm oil can only be produced and palm oil refining production plants need to be developed.
  • How many hectares a year is Sesame cultivated in Myanmar?
  • Sesame is one of the most popular oilseed crops in Myanmar and it is cultivated 1.50 million hectares per year (50% of oilseed crops sown area) and yield is about 1,210.30 kilograms per hectare (20 baskets/ac) and production is around 756.25 thousand MT or 30.88 million baskets (16% of oilseed crops production) (Figure 3).