Earnings from Hilsa export increase
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Earnings from export of delicious Hilsa fishes have increased in Barisal three times due to fixation of export price by the government, reports UNB.
Abdul Hye, manager of Barisal fish landing centre of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation, said the earnings from Hilsa export in August and September 2009 increased three times compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
He said the export earnings have increased as the government on April 12, 2008 fixed the minimum price of Hilsa weighing between 600 grammes and one kilogramme (kg) at US$6.0 per kg, that between 1.0 kg and 1.50 kg at $8.0 and that weighing over 1.50 kg at $12.
Belayet Hossain, assistant marketing officer of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation in Barisal, said in last two months 190.64 tonnes of Hilsa fishes were exported from this centre, which earned Tk 86.80 million.
Hilsa season has just started and Hilsa export earnings from this centre will exceed Tk 1.0 billion, he expressed the hope.
Indian importers stopped import of Hilsa on February 19, '09, protesting the fixation of price by the Bangladesh government and demanding reduction of price of the delicious fish.
But later Indian importers resumed Hilsa import at the Bangladesh government fixed rate on June 29 to meet their local demand.
Zahiruddin Shikdar, a local Hilsa trader, said due to pressure from the Indian consumers the importers were compelled to resume Hilsa import from Bangladesh at the government fixed rate.
On visit to local market it was found that standard size Hilsas weighing 600 grammes to 1000 grammes were being sold at local wholesale market at prices between Tk 350 and Tk 500.
Hilsas over 1.0 kg to 1.50 kg are being sold between Tk 500 and Tk 750 while 1.50 kg to 2.0 kg or over between Tk 750 and Tk 1500 in the local market.
Ajit Das Monu, president of Bangladesh Non-frozen Fish Exporters Association, said plenty of Hilsas are being netted but the fishermen and traders are facing storage and packaging problems due to acute shortage of ice and irregular electricity supply.
Abdul Hye, manager of Barisal fish landing centre of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation, said the earnings from Hilsa export in August and September 2009 increased three times compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
He said the export earnings have increased as the government on April 12, 2008 fixed the minimum price of Hilsa weighing between 600 grammes and one kilogramme (kg) at US$6.0 per kg, that between 1.0 kg and 1.50 kg at $8.0 and that weighing over 1.50 kg at $12.
Belayet Hossain, assistant marketing officer of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation in Barisal, said in last two months 190.64 tonnes of Hilsa fishes were exported from this centre, which earned Tk 86.80 million.
Hilsa season has just started and Hilsa export earnings from this centre will exceed Tk 1.0 billion, he expressed the hope.
Indian importers stopped import of Hilsa on February 19, '09, protesting the fixation of price by the Bangladesh government and demanding reduction of price of the delicious fish.
But later Indian importers resumed Hilsa import at the Bangladesh government fixed rate on June 29 to meet their local demand.
Zahiruddin Shikdar, a local Hilsa trader, said due to pressure from the Indian consumers the importers were compelled to resume Hilsa import from Bangladesh at the government fixed rate.
On visit to local market it was found that standard size Hilsas weighing 600 grammes to 1000 grammes were being sold at local wholesale market at prices between Tk 350 and Tk 500.
Hilsas over 1.0 kg to 1.50 kg are being sold between Tk 500 and Tk 750 while 1.50 kg to 2.0 kg or over between Tk 750 and Tk 1500 in the local market.
Ajit Das Monu, president of Bangladesh Non-frozen Fish Exporters Association, said plenty of Hilsas are being netted but the fishermen and traders are facing storage and packaging problems due to acute shortage of ice and irregular electricity supply.