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Myanmar: Salt Prices

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 @ 10:39 UTC

by May Hnin Phyu

Countries:: Myanmar (Burma)
Topics:: Disaster, Economics, Food, Agriculture
Languages:: English

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New Mandala states that “25,430 acres of salt pans were submerged and 29,545 tons of salt damaged after the Cyclone Nargis. The price of salt has risen by three to six times in the last two months.”

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# 2008-07-10 at 23:05 pm

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