Pakistan exports seafood worth $199m in first half

 Pakistan earned $199.023 million by ex­porting 92,621 metric tonnes of fish and fish preparations during the first half of the current fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Wednesday.

As compared to the exports of $225,217 million during July-December (2022-23), the fish exports during the July-December 2023 witnessed decline of 11.63 percent, according to PBS data. In terms of quantity, the exports of fish and fish preparations however increased by 5.12 percent during the first six months when compared to ex­ports of 88,110 metric tonnes during the last fiscal year. On a year-on-year basis, the seafood exports decreased by 5.94 percent to $37.075 million in December 2023 as compared to the exports of $39.415 million in December 2022. In terms of quantity, the exports witnessed a 20.29 percent increase by going up from 16,694 metric tonnes last year to 20,081 metric tonnes this year. On a month-on-month basis, the seafood ex­ports declined by 2.52 percent when com­pared to the exports of $38.035 million in November, according to the PBS data.

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