Cut down on shorshe ilish: Bangladesh not to lift ban on export of hilsa

March 05, 2014 17:28

Bangladesh today said it has no immediate plans to lift the ban imposed in 2012 on the export of hilsa to ensure a smooth supply in local markets.

"How much we get from export of hilsa fish? We do not have any immediate plan to resume hilsa export," state-run BSS news agency quoted Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed as saying.

He said the ban on the fish, declared the National Fish of Bangladesh upon the country gaining independence in 1971, was needed to ensure supply to local markets and check its prices.

Ahmed's comments came despite continued lobbying by Indian businesses for resuming the export in view of its high demand from India particularly in West Bengal.

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