Maldives export 32,700 metric tonnes of fish in the first 5 months of 2019

Statistics from Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) shows Maldives exported 32,700 metric tonnes of fish in the first 5 months of the year.

MMA said Maldives exported 1,200 metric tonnes more in the first 5 months of 2019, when compared with the same period of the previous year. In the first 5 months of the year, Maldives exported 17,000 metric tonnes of Skipjack Tuna and 8,800 metric tonnes of Yellowfin Tuna.

The amount canned tuna exported from Maldives have also increased in the first 5 months of the year, according to MMA.