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KEY FINDINGS
• Market operations were stable and closures were rare, but security remained poor in 27% of markets monitored;
• Trade links between townships were largely intact, but the usual trade/shipping stressors persisted;
• Fuel and medicine supply improved in most markets, but supply of these goods was still poorer than others;
• Medicine supply was poorest in Southern Shan State, and fuel supply remained poorest in Kayin State;
• Food supply improved in Kayin and Mandalay and it remained relatively stable in other regions;
• NFI supply improved in Sagaing marking an improvement over the past four or five months;
• Shipping disruptions due to checkpoints continued to trouble retailers, limiting access to many items;
• Shipping rates remained stable in December, yet this seemed to do little to improve supply of rare items.