Minimum export prices of hilsa fixed
The commerce ministry yesterday fixed the minimum export price of hilsa fish to get the actual value from this item, according to a press statement of the ministry.
It said the price of hilsa weighing 600 gram to 1000 gram has been fixed at US$6 per piece and a hilsa of 1000 gram up to 1500 gram at $ 8, while a hilsa weighing more than 1500 gram would cost $12 a piece.
This order will remain effective until further notice in this regard, the statement added.
Sources in the ministry concerned said the government is denied the exact prices of hilsa due to smuggling of the item.
According to the statistics of the Department of Fisheries (DoF), the total production of hilsa was 2.80 lakh tonnes in 2006-07 fiscal year (FY) against 2.77 lakh tonnes in FY 2005-06. In FY 2004-05, such output was 2.75 lakh tonnes.
Hilsa accounts for 15 percent of the total fish production of 2,328,545 tonnes in the country.
The total market value of hilsa is Tk 70 billion, said a senior official of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
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