Hope for banana trade as China border ports reopen in Myanmar and Laos

News has recently surfaced online that the previously closed Mohan–Boten land border port between China and Laos has begun allowing entry to Laotian returnees while the port’s customs officials have started accepting some cargo on a trial basis. In addition, two land ports between China and Myanmar are also on the verge of reopening, namely, the Mengding Qingshuihe Port between Yunnan province and Shan state and the Houqiao–Kambaiti Port between Yunnan province and Kachin state. On Nov. 10, the relevant authorities in China’s Yunnan province announced a plan for gradually resuming customs operations for cargo crossing at local land border ports, taking into account the current port management situations and epidemic prevention and control facilities and protocols. The official notice indicated that ports would be evaluated in four successive groups. The first group included ports such as Qingshuihe, the Mohan Expressway and Houqiao Port in Tengchong County (including nearby ...