Pakistan seafood export has fallen to $183.691 million in July-Dec 2018-19, down by 8.44 percent, according to official figures. Seafood export scaled down by $16.93 million in July-Dec 2018-19 from $200.621 million in July-Dec 2017-18, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows. In term of quantity, fisheries export went down to 80,608 metric tonnes in July-Dec 2018-19 from 83,590 metric tonnes in July-Dec 2017-18, down by 4 percent or 2,982 metric tonnes.

Although, seafood export volume increased to 19,064 metric tonnes in Dec 2018 from 17,386 metric tonnes in Dec 2017. In Dec 2018, the country earned $38.860 million from its seafood export.

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