After the govt.s approval final week, about 277 tonnes of hilsa were exported to India in the final five days during the Benapole port in Jashore.
The fish were exported by 91 trucks from 26 September to 1 October, mentioned Rashedul Sajib Nazir, deputy director of Benapole land port.
Based mostly completely on Benapole port sources, hilsa is being exported for $10 per kg, which is roughly Tk1,200.
Meanwhile, in the wholesale fish markets of Jashore this day (2 October), hilsa was being offered for Tk1,700 to Tk1,800 per kg, our correspondent experiences.
Ismail Hossain, general secretary of the Fish Merchants Affiliation in Navaran market, mentioned hilsa weighing 800 grams were being offered at Tk1,500 per kg the outdated day.
Aswadul Islam, inspector on the Fisheries Inspection and Quality Administration Inform of work of Benapole port, mentioned, “The hilsa export circular is about a years aged. The export mark was fixed at $10 per kg in the circular in line with market mark at that time. Exports are tranquil being utilized in line with that circular.”
The price may maybe possibly well be adjusted in line with the domestic market mark of hilsa, he added.
On 24 September, in step with a “particular demand” from India, the Ministry of Commerce permitted the export of 2,420 tonnes of hilsa to India through 49 export businesses, forward of Durga Puja competition which begins on 8 October.
