Edible oil for sale in Nay Pyi Taw. (Frontier)

Poor suffer as junta policies ‘starve’ the edible oil market

The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.

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