“It would be beneficial if traders over there could permit traders to purchase here. Even though prices are low, it is difficult to bring them back here, and traders on this side are suffering as a result. Now they must sell to other nations. A border merchant stated.

According to Maungdaw traders, the Maungdaw border trade point shipped 1,878,000 kilograms of onions to Bangladesh in December 2021, for a total value of $413,360 US dollars.