The closure of a border crossing to China by the Myanmar Army in northern Shan state has stranded more than 1,000 trucks transporting fruit, causing heavy financial losses for Myanmar farmers and businesspeople who make their living exporting produce and seafood to Chinese consumers, RFA reported.

Soldiers shut down the Kyin San Kyawt border checkpoint north of Muse township, creating a backup of hundreds of fruit trucks last week, but did not give a reason for the action, Sai Myint Bo, chairman of the Muse Fruit Retailers Association told RFA’s Myanmar Service.

The Kyin San Kyawt area, which also is an entrance to the Chinese town of Wanding in Yunnan province’s Riuli city, is about 10 miles from Muse and three miles from the 105-mile trade zone in northern Shan state.