Fish exports increase 15.25pc

ISLAMABAD -The exports of fish and fish preparations witnessed increase of 15.25 per cent during the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2013-14 compared to the corresponding period of last year. The exports of fish and fish preparations during July-May (2013-14) were recorded at $335.732m against the exports of $291.301m in July-May 2012-13, according to the data of PBS. Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the seafood exports from the country increased by 18.24 per cent by going up from $35.520m last year to $42m in 2013-14. On month-on-month basis, the exports of seafood increased by 7.64 per cent in May 2014 compared to the exports of $39.018m during the April 2014, the data revealed.

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