UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the private entrepreneurs to go for more processed fish export, including shrimp, with value addition alongside exporting Halal meat and other items to grab the greater international market.
“We’ve a great scope for exporting processed fish across the globe hygienically with value addition and thus grab the two markets abroad regular one and that of expatriate Bangladeshis-and this will also generate more income and reduce the risk,” she said.
Hasina made the remarks at a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock as well as its different subordinate bodies at the ministry’s conference room during her first visit to it after assuming office for the second successive time.
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Sayedul Haque and Acting Ministry Secretary Dr Selina Afroza were, among others, present on the occasion.
Apart from the export of different fish varieties including shrimp, the Prime Minister said there are also huge potentials for the country
for farming crabs, frogs, crocodiles, snails and thus exporting their meats and skins through processing.
Noting that there is a huge demand for Halal meat in Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, as they usually import such meats from Brazil and France, Hasina said, “Bangladesh has a greater scope for producing Halal meats through processing as there are some 80-90 lakh Bangladeshis now live abroad.”
In this connection, she said the expatriates Bangladeshis enjoy the Bangladeshi fish varieties despite various problems, and the Bangladeshi exporters should utilise that advantage.
