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Bangladesh earns US$ 514m by exporting fish in 2017-18: minister
SANGSAD BHABAN, March 11, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Fisheries and
Livestock Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru told the parliament today that Bangladesh
earned about US$ 514 million of foreign exchange by exporting fish and
fisheries items during the fiscal 2017-18.
“In fiscal 2017-18, Bangladesh exported 68,935 tonnes of fish and fisheries
items with worth of US$ 514 million,” he said while responding to a starred
question placed by lawmaker Md Aslam Hossain Saudagar of Kurigram-1
constituency in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the
chair.
Khasru said Bangladesh currently exports fish and fisheries items to more
than 50 countries, including the European Union (EU), the United States of
America (USA), Japan, Russia, China, Vietnam, Australia, the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), India and Malaysia.
The major fish and fisheries items being exported are shrimp, carp fishes,
cat fishes, marine fishes, crabs, dry fish items and the wings of sharks, he
added.
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