Fish exports grow by 22.45 per cent

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ISLAMABAD: Fish and fish preparations from the country during the first eight months of current financial year witnessed increase of 22.45 per cent against the exports during the corresponding period of last financial year, APP reported.



Fish and fish preparations exports during July-February (2008- 09) were recorded at $147.497 million as against the exports of $120.451 million recorded during July-February (2008-09), according to figures provided by Federal Bureau of Statistics.



However, during February 2009 the fish exports were declined by 2.26 per cent as compared to the exports of January 2009.



Fish exports during the month under review were recorded at $18.4 million as against the exports of 18.8 million recorded in February 2009, the FBS figures revealed.



As compared to the same month of the last financial year, fish exports during February were increased by 27.4 per cent

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