Bali's Fishery Exports Up 17 Per Cent In First Five Months - Bernama

DENPASAR (Bali), Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Bali exported US$44.54 million (RM146.2 million) worth of fishery commodities in the first five months of the year, up 16.95 per cent from the same period last year, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

"The fishery sector contributed 20.54 per cent to Bali's total export value of US$216.92 billion (RM711.06 billion) in the five months period," Head of the Public Relations Bureau of the province of Bali, I Ketut Teneng, 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, totalled 5,114 tonnes valued at US$28.36 million (RM92.96 million) in the January-May period, he noted.

He added that the volume and value of tuna exports rose 3.88 per cent and 5.35 per cent respectively over the same period last year.

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

Meanwhile, Antara reported that 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.

-- BERNAMA

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