Fishery Exports up 17 Pct in Five Months

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Bali exported US$44.54 million worth of fishery commodities in the first five months of the year, up 16.95 percent from the same period last year.

"The fishery sector contributed 20.54 percent to Bali's total export value of US$216.92 billion in the five months period," I Ketut Teneng, the head of the public relations bureau of the province of Bali, said here on Friday.

Fresh and frozen tuna dominated the exports of eight types of fishery commodities from Bali in value, Teneng said.

Tuna exports, fresh and frozen, totaled 5,114 tons valued at US$28.36 million  in the January-May period, he said.

The volume and value of tuna exports rose 3.88 percent and 5.35 percent respectively  over the same period last year, he said.

Other fishery commodities exported from Bali included the groupers, decorative fish, skip jacks, crabs, lobsters, shark fins, and sea weed.

Japan is the main market for fishery commodities from Bali, followed by the United States  and Australia.

Other export destinations included Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Britain, France , Germany  and Spain. (*/DWA)