The Independent, 30 July 2012
The country’s apex trade body FBCCI urged the government to ban live fish export immediately for the remaining days of Ramzan aiming to increase the supply of the protein in the local markets and to keep prices within the reach of consumers. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) placed the demand before the government by issueing a release to the media Sunday.
The chamber said, the FBCCI’s market monitoring cell has observed that the prices of all sorts of fish have gone beyond the purchasing power of consumers in the month of Ramzan.
So, the government should immediately take necessary steps to ban fish exports for the rest of the holy month, the Federation of Chambers said.
Earlier on July 9, the FBCCI demanded that the governement impose a ban on exports of some daily essentials—such as, green chilli, brinjal, garlic and onion—in order to keep the prices of these itmes reasonable during Ramzan by ensuring smooth domestic supplies.
FBCCI claimed that prices of these itmes were coming down to tolerable levels as the government banned the exports of the spices and vegatable.
The businessmen, market analysts and consumers applauded the government’s decision.
Bangladesh Economy 
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