Mawlamyinegyun Township sends large hilsa fish shipment to Yangon in April

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Mawlamyinegyun May 20
Mawlamyinegyun Township transported many visses of hilsa fish to the Yangon market in April, said Daw Lei Lei, a fishery products market trader in Mawlamyinegyun Township, Ayeyawady Region.
Mawlamyinegyun Township sold only 52,000 visses of hilsa fish to the Yangon market in March last year, but from April 1 to 30, it sold 65,000 visses of hilsa fish to Yangon.
“Local seafood products are regularly shipped to Yangon. Yangon is the main market for fish. In the past month, we have transported up to 65,000 visses of hilsa fish. The price of the fish also varies depending on the freshness and size. We know that the fish shipped from here is being re-sold to other regions in addition to the local market,” she said.
The price of small hilsa fish transported from Mawlamyinegyun Township is 19,500 kyats per viss, medium hilsa fish is 25,000 to 35,000 kyats per viss, and large hilsa fish is 55,000 to 75,000 kyats per viss, depending on the size. KKL

Source: Yadanar Bon Newspaper