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Since 1991, factories and mills under the Ministry of Industries N0.1, depentent on the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation for better coordination between crop output and factory production, currently, the following industries are being managed by Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation as based on agricultural products. Ginning and baling, are undertaken by state-owned industries of Myanma Cotton and Sericulture Enterprise under MOAI.Cotton and by-products produced from the factories are exported annually.Annual consumption of cotton lint by different type of factories are mentioned as follows:-             See Table
In 1997-98, total number of baled cotton produced from the factories was 56175, while at the same time, 4744 pounds of silk yarn was processed.
here exists 8 state-owned sugar mills, producting sugar for domestic consumption and export.Their annual cane crushing capacity is shown below:-     See Table         
Total production of sugar from aforesaid mills in 1997-98 was 53954 metric tons.And as local as well as international demands remain favourable, 8 new sugar mills, located in potential crop areas, are under construction.
Jute plays an important role in domestic needs, and in foreign exchange earnings.In order to fulfill requirements, various types are manufactured by respective factories under the management of the Myanma Jute Industries.The specific types of goods being produced are jute bags, jute twines, jute carpets, hessian and other carpet backing cloth.An indication as to the situation of jute products is shown in the following table:-             See Table

The rubber plantation sector and inter alia production of rubber products, also improved considerably, in 1988.As a goverment sector contribution, a crumb rubber factory was established in Thanbyuzayat under the Rubber Rehabilitation Project implemented from 1979 to 1986, opening the way for the processing of high quality rubber.The amount of rubber produced in 1997-98 was 842 metric tons.

Other agricultural products- crumb palm oil, natural palm oil, bran oil, various types of coffee and pesticides- are also regularly produced from the state-owned factories under MOAI.General information of agricultural based products, by MOAI can be summarized as follows.             See Table