Pakistan earned $123.861 million by exporting 54,451 metric tonnes of fish and fish preparations during the first four months of the current fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
AS compared to the exports of $134.78 million during July-October (2022-23), the fish exports during the July-October (2023-23) witnessed declined of 7.96, according to PBS data.
In terms of quantity, the exports of fish and fish preparations however increased by 7.03 percent during the first four months when compared to exports of $50,873 million during last fiscal year.
On a year-on-year basis, the seafood exports decreased by 25.16 percent to $40.797 million in October 2023 as compared to the exports of $54.516 million in October 2022.
In terms of quantity, the exports witnessed a 17.41 percent decrease by going down from 20,025 metric tonnes last year to 16,648 metric tonnes this year.
On a month-on-month basis, the seafood exports declined by 6.70 percent when compared to the exports of $43.726 million in September, according to the PBS data.
In terms of quantity, fish exports went down by 3.57 percent in October 2023 compared to the exports of 17,264 metric tonnes in September.
The overall food group exports from the country during the first four months of the current financial year grew by 30.29 per cent to $ 1.944 billion as compared to the exports of $1.492 billion during the corresponding period of last year.—APP
