This page looks similar to info found in the CIA
handbook.
Here is something of interest and may help explain why
Burma is still considered a non-metric country:
Burma is data poor, and official
statistics are often dated and inaccurate. Published estimates of Burma's
foreign trade are greatly understated because of the size of the black market
and border trade - often estimated to be one to two times the official economy.
Also note the amount of the Burmese economy that is
involved in the black market trade with neighbouring countries. Can anyone
imagine a black marketer saying to a trader from a neighbouring country:
"Sorry, but can not buy any of your goods unless they are made and marked in
FFU. As you may know, Burma has not converted to metric, so we can not buy
metric products."
The above quote from the fact sheet tells me Burma is
indeed a metric country.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-16 19:19
Subject: [USMA:29808] Burma
> is the country profile for Burma. I found no mention of an official system of
> measurement for that country, but this web page seems to be mostly metric!
> (Unfortunately, their usage isn't quite up to snuff: "sq km".)
> http://www.countryreports.org/content/burma.htm
>
> Still, this set of web pages provides an intersting view of various countries.
>
> Jim
>
>
