Seafood exports from Pakistan witnessed a positive growth of 41.07% during March 2010 over the exports of February 2010.

Fish and fish product exports during March 2010 were recorded at US$24.576 million against February exports of US$17.421 million, according to the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS).

Compare with last year's March exports of US$24.080 million, the seafood exports during the same month of current fiscal year showed a growth of 2.06%.

However, the country's seafood exports dropped 7.84% during the first nine months of the current fiscal over the corresponding period a year ago.

Seafood exports during July-March 2009-10 were recorded at US$158.043 million against the exports of US$171.493 million recorded during July-March 2008-09, according to the FBS.