Shrimp export held for snag in testing machine
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Our Correspondent
KHULNA, Dec 11: The export of shrimp worth about Tk 2.0 billion of Khulna and Chittagong is greatly hampered for want of clearance from the Fisheries Department.
The Department sources said that the testing machine HPLCMS (High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrum) of exportable shrimp for antibiotic nitrofuran is now out of order. For this reason clearance is not given to the exporters.
The exporters alleged that they will face huge losses due to violating the contract with the exportable countries including European Union for not exporting in time.
Frozen foods exporter sources said that testing machine HPLCMS is out of order for last two weeks. To export frozen foods, 12 tests are made for issuing clearance certificate from the Fisheries Department. About 150 containers of frozen foods of 20/25 companies of Khulna region and 50 containers in Chittagong have been lying idle for export for want of clearance certificate.
Deputy Director of Fisheries Department Mr. Nittanandan said that the clearance certificate is not provided due to default of testing machine. Meanwhile, experts from India, America and Vienna tried to run the machine but in vain. He also expects that the alternative arrangement will be adopted to provide clearance certificate within few days.
Director of Frozen Foods Exporter Association Humayun Kabir said that the export is hampered due to default of testing machine HPLCMS. He also commented that the machine should be ready before the peak season of shrimp export.
Hard board mill remains shut
The production of Khulna Hard Board Mills has been suspended for 6 days due to shortage of raw materials and working capital. The mill has already incurred a huge loss from its production sector and it is increasing day by day.
The authority decided to stop the production until further allocation of sufficient fund from the concerned department.
Source said that 8 thousand liters of furnish oil is required per day to produce hardboard smoothly. The Mill was established in 1966 with an annual production capacity of 2.78 million square metres of hardboard, the mill was shutdown primarily because of a poor production capacity triggered by short supply of its raw material from the Sundarbans forest.
The products of the KHM also faced a tough completion in the market as both the quality and prices were comparatively higher than those of imported ones.
Commercial Manager of fund Shahidul Islam informed the FE that authority of the mill demanded allocation to the BCIC for smooth functioning. He expects that the mill will start its operation soon after sanctioning the fund. He also said that the salary and wages for the month of November were not given to the workers, staffs and employees due to financial crisis.
KHULNA, Dec 11: The export of shrimp worth about Tk 2.0 billion of Khulna and Chittagong is greatly hampered for want of clearance from the Fisheries Department.
The Department sources said that the testing machine HPLCMS (High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrum) of exportable shrimp for antibiotic nitrofuran is now out of order. For this reason clearance is not given to the exporters.
The exporters alleged that they will face huge losses due to violating the contract with the exportable countries including European Union for not exporting in time.
Frozen foods exporter sources said that testing machine HPLCMS is out of order for last two weeks. To export frozen foods, 12 tests are made for issuing clearance certificate from the Fisheries Department. About 150 containers of frozen foods of 20/25 companies of Khulna region and 50 containers in Chittagong have been lying idle for export for want of clearance certificate.
Deputy Director of Fisheries Department Mr. Nittanandan said that the clearance certificate is not provided due to default of testing machine. Meanwhile, experts from India, America and Vienna tried to run the machine but in vain. He also expects that the alternative arrangement will be adopted to provide clearance certificate within few days.
Director of Frozen Foods Exporter Association Humayun Kabir said that the export is hampered due to default of testing machine HPLCMS. He also commented that the machine should be ready before the peak season of shrimp export.
Hard board mill remains shut
The production of Khulna Hard Board Mills has been suspended for 6 days due to shortage of raw materials and working capital. The mill has already incurred a huge loss from its production sector and it is increasing day by day.
The authority decided to stop the production until further allocation of sufficient fund from the concerned department.
Source said that 8 thousand liters of furnish oil is required per day to produce hardboard smoothly. The Mill was established in 1966 with an annual production capacity of 2.78 million square metres of hardboard, the mill was shutdown primarily because of a poor production capacity triggered by short supply of its raw material from the Sundarbans forest.
The products of the KHM also faced a tough completion in the market as both the quality and prices were comparatively higher than those of imported ones.
Commercial Manager of fund Shahidul Islam informed the FE that authority of the mill demanded allocation to the BCIC for smooth functioning. He expects that the mill will start its operation soon after sanctioning the fund. He also said that the salary and wages for the month of November were not given to the workers, staffs and employees due to financial crisis.