Digital Trading Platform to promote local products (from Shan State) to Global Markets

Myanmar, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is situated in Southeast Asia and bordered by China, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India. It is a beautiful country with the land of hills and valleys and is rimmed in the north, east, and west by mountain ranges forming a giant horseshoe. The population of the country about at 55.2 million. The Union of Myanmar (also known as Burma) has found 14 states and divisions. Among them, Shan State is the largest state in the Union of Myanmar that covers an area of 60155 square miles and is peaceful with the mountain camp. The main businesses of the Shan State are: cultivating agricultural products such as cotton, coffee, tea, and tobacco plantations; producing cultural handicraft products and traditional textile waving. Digital Trade Platform is a plan to promote the unique description of the products in Shan State, Myanmar to Global markets. The main business of eastern and northern Shan state is trade with neighboring countries, and subsidiary business is the agriculture sector especially Tea leaf. Fresh and dried tea leaves and traditional products from the eastern Shan State are selling to domestic, regional and international markets. Moreover, Shan State is amongst the areas in Myanmar with the greatest ethnic diversity with 33 different groups. Traditional hand-made costumes are also famous as the products of Shan ethnic peoples. In the Eastern Shan State, Shan, Arkhar, and Lahu ethnic people are famous for the handicraft products. The traditional hand-made products are trading in related to the tourism business.

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