Table 2.2 also illustrates the national output of paddy rice during the same study period. Data in tables 2.1 and 2.2 show that over 30 percent of the national paddy rice output was produced in the Ayeyarwady Delta, which also highlights the degree of specialization of that region in the national economy.
The second major crop in Ayeyarwady Delta was jute, one of the exports and industrial crops of the region. Table 2.3 shows the regional and national sown acreage of jute from 1963-64 to 1986-87. The sown area of jute in Ayeyarwady Delta was more than 50 percent than that in the whole country.