Pangas fry sent to India thru Benapole

One lakh live Pangas catfish fry have been exported to India for the first time through Benapole Land Port in Jashore.

A truck loaded with the Vietnamese variety of Pangas fry entered India through Benapole port last night, reports our local correspondent quoting port sources.

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Janata Fish, a Jashore based firm, sent the consignment to PR Food in Kolkata, according to the customs authority.

In the first shipment, one lakh Pangas fry has been exported in 34 oxygen bags, said Quddus Ali Biswas, owner of the firm. More shipments will be sent to India gradually, he added.

Abdul Rashid Miah, joint commissioner of the Benapole Customs House, said this is the first time Pangas fry has been exported to India through Benapole port.