Myanmar: Myanmar Gems Emporium Takes Record 3 Billion Dollars

Jul 8, 2014 | DPA
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Income reached 3.4 billion dollars and saw the successful auction of 6,007 of 7,454 jade lots, 126 out of 436 gem lots and 224 of the total 342 pearl lots, they said.

"This year sale surpassed the target and is the record sale in Myanmar emporium history," said Tun Hla Aung, joint secretary of Myanmar Gems and Jewellery Entrepreneurs Association.

The emporium earned just over 2.4 billion dollars last year, the highest in recent decades.