TIRANA, August 10/ATA/ Exports of fresh and processed fish increased by 22.3% during the first 3 months of the current year.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the expansion of this sector’s export has been supported by increased investment in the processing industry, whose products are on high demand by foreign markets.
In recent years, there have been created a number of fiscal benefits for the fishing sector, such as the removal of excise duty on fuel, removal of the carbon tax, zero VAT for nets, boats, electronic equipment, zero VAT for refrigerators, fishing boat engines.
Referring to INSTAT data in the 3rd month of 2022, the catching of fish from all water categories was 20,503 tons from 16,892 tons in 2021, marking an increase of 9.53%.
Regarding the water categories, sea, coast and lagoon, the species that has resulted in the largest occupied percentage is “Anchovy” with 19.04% of the total occupations, followed by “Crawfish of the depth” with 16.42% and “Cod” with 11.16%.
46 fishing operators are beneficiaries of the third call for fishing grants with an investment amount of over 820 thousand Euros, which closed applications at the end of June. /j.p/p.s./
