Bangladesh exports fish and fish products to over 50 countries

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said Bangladesh is now exporting fish and fish-made products to over 50 countries across the world.

The minister gave the information while responding to a query at the question-answer session tabled in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, reports BSS.

In 2021-22 fiscal, he said, the country earned Taka 51.92 billion in foreign currency by exporting a total of 74,042.67 tonnes of fish and fish-made products, said the minister.

Currently, Bangladesh is now exporting different types of shrimp, including Bagda, Galda, Harina and different carp fishes, like Ruhi, Katla, Mrigal, Kalibaush, catfishes like aier, tangra, boal, pabda, shing, magur, pangas, gulsha, koi, kuchia, sea fishes like vetki, datina, rupchanda, baim, and crab to various countries.

In addition to this, the country also exports different types of dry fishes, scale of fishes and shrimp shells. Nearly 70 per cent are the value-added products of the all exported fisheries and fish products.

Responding a another query, the fisheries minister said Bangladesh annually produces 2,61,154 tonnes of shrimp, where 11.7 per cent or 30,571.40 tonnes of frozen shrimp were exported abroad during 2021-22.

In the 2021-22 fiscal, Bangladesh earned Taka 36.37 billion in foreign currency from shrimp export.