Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Aug. 19

YANGON -- Myanmar exported more than 199,924 tons of black grams over the first four months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the country's Ministry of Commerce on Saturday.

From April 1 to Aug. 4 this year, the country earned over 169.45 million U.S. dollars from the exports of black grams, the ministry's figures showed. Myanmar's total exports of beans and pulses, including black grams, reached over 580