Although India got good news about Hilsa, it is a big bad news for Bangladeshis
September 23, 20242 Mins Read

Jumbangla Desk: The price of hilsa has increased in the domestic market due to the news of export to India. Although the price of hilsa in the market was already high. The national fish has gone beyond the reach of the middle and lower class to increase the price again.

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On Monday (August 23), the market has seen that the price has increased from 8 to 16 thousand taka per maund depending on the size of hilsa export to India.

A 22-day ban on hilsa fishing will begin from October 13 ahead of the breeding season. The hilsa season will end soon after the ban. Then an eight-month ban on catching jatka will be given again.

Barisal, Barguna's Patharghata and Patuakhali big hilsa market traders say that the price of hilsa has increased by Tk 200 to Tk 400 per kg in the wholesale market due to the high price of hilsa being exported to India.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of Durga Puja, the Ministry of Commerce announced the decision to export hilsa to India last Saturday (September 21). In a letter signed by Sultana Akhtar, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry, it is said that an order has been given to export 3000 tons of hilsa from Bangladesh. For this, interested traders are requested to contact by noon on September 24.

However, the ministry has not fixed the price of exported fish so far. It is said in the letter, who can export these hilsa will be decided by looking at the documents.

Incidentally, Bangladesh has been exporting hilsa fish to India since 2019 before Durga Puja. This time too there was uncertainty about this export for several days. Initially, the government decided not to export hilsa to meet the domestic demand of the country, but this decision changed on Saturday. On that day, the Ministry of Commerce announced the decision to export 3000 tons of hilsa fish to India.

According to the information of the Ministry of Commerce, 476 tons in the fiscal year 2019-20, 1 thousand 699 tons in the fiscal year 2020-21, 1 thousand 230 tons in the fiscal year 2021-22, 1 thousand 391 tons in the fiscal year 2022-23 and 802 tons in the fiscal year 2023-24 have been exported.