Indian fish traders request Bangladesh to export hilsa fish
Fish Importers Association of India have requested Bangladesh to send hilsa fish to the country amid uncertainty over the shipments of hilsa this year due to a changed political situation in Bangladesh.
India’s West Bengal, Tripura and Assam states used to get hilsa from the first week of September before Durga Puja festival for the last five years. In 2023, Bangladesh shipped 1,300 tonnes of hilsa fish to different states of India.
The adviser to the ministry of fisheries and livestock of Bangladesh, Farida Akhter, said on August 11 that the government will allow export of hilsa after meeting the demand of the countrymen.
In this circumstance, the Fish Importers Association of India sent a request to Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain to allow the exports of hilsa fish to India following the trend of previous years.
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