Bayinnaung Market

Bayinnaung Market, located in northwestern Yangon, is the largest agricultural commodities trading market in Myanmar. Established in 1990, the market complex consists of two-story shop houses with floor areas of 1,200 and 2,400 square feet. It is the only legally permitted wholesale center of beans and pulses in the country, which exported 1.34 million tonnes of beans and pulses in 2007 for a total value of US$750 million.Matpe is the most common bean and pulse export at the market.In August 2009, about 4000 tonnes of matpe, green mung, pigeon peas and chickpeas were traded daily.