Preparation of rice bran oil factories advances in Paungde & Myaungmya

Rice bran oil and cooking oil plants are planned to be built in Paungde and Myaungmya, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation. Led by MRF, Myanmar’s first rice bran oil and cooking oil factory project was initiated in Nay Pyi Taw, Pyinmana Township, last February at the MAPCO rice mill compound.

“The rice bran oil factory in Nay Pyi Taw is going to finish and just inspection work is left. Other factories are also being planned in Myaungmya and Paungde and also heard that there is a similar plan in Yangon,” according to a source close to MRF.

The factory in Nay Pyi Taw under construction has a capacity of 9,000 tonnes of raw oil and 6,300 tonnes of cooking oil, totalling about 15,300 tonnes a year. A total of 10 factories are being planned to be built in Ayeyawady, Yangon and Bago regions including Nay Pyi Taw in the future. The production of these plants will be sold in the domestic market and exported to overseas markets especially Japan, South Korea and European countries if it is surplus.