About 54 tonnes of hilsa had been exported to India at $10 per kilogram, which is roughly Tk1,200, earlier than Durga Puja.
“Ten exporters exported hilsa in a consignment this day [26 September] by the Benapole land port,” Mahbubur Rahman, fisheries quarantine officer at Benapole Fisheries Set of industrial told The Replace Popular.
Safayet Hossain, joint commissioner of Benapole Customs, said the export agencies are Blueprint International, JS Endeavor, Sajjad Endeavor, Swarnaly Endeavor, Rupali Endeavor, JBS Meals Products, Noman Endeavor, Ahnaf Merchants, Pacific Sea Meals, and Suman Merchants.
Bangladesh Logistics is the C&F agent guilty for clearing the hilsa from the port, the officer added.
Sajib Nazir, deputy director of Benapole port, said, “We are able to cooperate to make definite cargo trucks carrying hilsa can enter India rapid after ending the paperwork.”
On 24 September, in accordance with a “particular ask” from India, the Ministry of Commerce current the export of two,420 tonnes of hilsa to India by 49 export agencies.
The ministry stated that the exports must be executed by 13 October.
In accordance to port officials, the export of hilsa become as soon as stopped in 2012. Later, the export resumed. However, exports are most productive allowed throughout Durga Puja.
Closing Twelve months, 3,900 tonnes of hilsa become as soon as exported. This Twelve months, it has been diminished to 2,420 tonnes.
