Private companies export nearly 300 tonnes of silkworm cocoons per year to China to increase income and have foreign currency for silkworm raisers in Mandalay region.
Locally, silk threads were purchased from the areas of silk fabrics production to weave threads for making clothes via tender system. Companies have exported tonnes of dried silkworm cocoons and they previously exported dried silkworm cocoons two or three times per year, but have not exported any silkworm cocoon this year due to the pandemic. Although mulberry trees are grown for silk thread, and later, they are grown not only for raising silkworm but also for making dried tea leaves of mulberry leaves which is support for people’s health. It is reported that people eat mulberry wine and jam made from ripen mulberry fruits.
- Private companies export nearly 300 tonnes of silkworm cocoon per year to China.
- Locally, silk threads were purchased from the areas of silk fabrics production to weave threads for making clothes via tender system.
- Mulberry trees are grown not only for raising silkworm but also for making dried tea leaves of mulberry leaves, and moreover people eat mulberry wine and jam made from ripen mulberry fruits.