ISLAMABAD: Exports of fish and fish preparations increased by 1.35 percent during first eight months of current fiscal year as compared to the exports of same period of last year.
The fish exports in July-February 2014-15 were recorded at US $227.05 million against the exports of $224.027 million in same period of the year2013-14, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
In terms of quantity, the fish exports decreased by 1.29 percent to 88,911 metric tons in July-February (2014-15) as compared to the exports of 90.071 metric tons in same period last year.
On year-on-year and month-on-month basis, the exports of fish and fish preparations in February 2015, however, decreased by 18.33 percent and 31.43 percent when compared to the exports of February 2014 and January 2015 respectively.
The exports in February stood at $19.267 million whereas the exports in February 2014 and January 2015 were $23.591 million and 28.098 million respectively.
Similarly in terms of quantity, the fish exports in February 2015 decreased from 10.993 metric tons in February 2014 and 10.987 metric tons in January 2015 to 7.822 MT in February 2015 thus showing a decrease of 28.85 percent and 28.81 percent respectively.
