Myanmar’s areca nut export to In-dia showed a substantial increase in the 2024/25 financial year ac-cording to a report by The Hindu Business Line. According to the sta-tistics provided by the lower House of India’s Parliament, the value of areca nut exports to India by Myan-mar and Bangladesh surged last FY. The nuts are the main ingredient for betel chewing practices of the three countries. Myanmar exported $15.6 million in 2023/24 and $33.3 million worth in the following year. These still represented a minor-ity percentage of India’s total areca imports, which amounted to nearly $150 million in the last FY.
Chinese demand for Myanmar’s soft, fresh and moist areca nuts is also on an upward trajectory. After baking the soft areca nuts with heat, they are exported to China.
