Bali’s exports of tuna fish dropped 20.29 percent year-on-year to USD 42.86 million in the first seven months of the year.??
The fall in the export earning followed a 28.02 percent decline in the export volume from 10,451.9 tons to 7,523.8 tons in the same period, I Ketut Teneng, the chief spokesman of the provincial administration, said.??
Japan has been the main export destination for fresh and frozen tuna from Bali with a smaller part to Europe, I Ketut Teneng said here on Wednesday. ??He attributed the decline to weak demand from japan which has not yet fully recover from last year’s tsunami and shrinking production.?
