For those accustomed to the metric system, this ancient unit can be confusing. So, let’s answer the core question directly:

Farmers and wholesalers trade rice, beans, and produce almost exclusively in viss. Prices in the Yangon or Mandalay commodity exchanges are quoted per viss.

In the bustling heart of the in Bagan, a young merchant named Min was tasked with transporting a large shipment of dried fermented tea leaves. His grandfather, the eldest trader in the square, pointed to a stack of burlap sacks and said, “Min, that is exactly 100 viss of the finest harvest. If you can move it to the weighing station, the profit is yours.”

If you need a rough estimate:

| Viss | Kilograms (Market Standard) | Kilograms (Legal Standard) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1 viss | 1.638 kg | 1.632 kg | | 10 viss | 16.38 kg | 16.32 kg | | | 163.8 kg | 163.2 kg | | 1,000 viss | 1,638 kg (1.638 metric tons) | 1,632 kg (1.632 metric tons) |