Bangladesh earns $ 2,893.77m exporting fish: Sayeedul

Bangladesh earned $ 2,893.77 million from 2011-12 to 2016-17 fiscal by exporting 413.57 tonnes of fish.

"The country has earned $ 546.28 million by exporting 75.34 thousand tonnes of fishes in the 2015-2016 fiscal and $ 599.05 million by exporting 83.52 thousand tonnes of fishes in 2014-15," Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Sayeedul Haque said this in the Jatiya Sangsad today while replying to a tabled question of treasury bench member Begum Pinu Khan in parliament.

He said Bangladesh exported 77.33 thousand tonnes of fishes in 2013-14 and earned $ 615.35 million, while $ 534.92 million came from exporting 84.90 thousand tonnes of fishes in 2012-13 fiscal.

In fiscal 2011-12 Bangladesh exported 92.48 thousand tonnes of fishes and earned $ 598.17 million, Sayeedul informed the House.

He said that Bangladesh is exporting fishes to United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Japan, China, India, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Sicily, Ukraine, Canada, Mexico, Marshal Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Gambia, Lithuania, Morocco, Oman, Senegal and Swaziland.

Source: BSS