The Fresh Catch off the Indian Ocean
| HS Code | Product Definition Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
|---|---|
| 0304 | Fish fillets and other fish meat |
| 0303 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 |
| 0306 | Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption. |
| 0302 | Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04. |
| 0307 | Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption. |
| 0305 | Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption. |
| HS No. | Total Exports in US$ Mn. | Main Destinations(Top 10 importing markets) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| 0304 | 58.79 | 76.94 | 66.76 | 71.99 | UK, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Japan, USA, Denmark, Belgium, Ireland |
| 0303 | 54.75 | 50.08 | 59.94 | 42.99 | Netherlands, Italy, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Taiwan, Japan Israel |
| 0306 | 19.72 | 26.03 | 31.14 | 36.36 | Japan, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Maldives, china, Canada, Taiwan, UK, Korea South |
| 0302 | 22.15 | 11.18 | 18.39 | 17.69 | Japan, USA, Canada, Switzerland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Israel, Germany |
| 0307 | 5.58 | 3.29 | 12.85 | 1.77 | Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Maldives, Canada, USA, Thailand |
| 0305 | 3.63 | 3.07 | 3.09 | 4.46 | Hong Kong, Australia, Kuwait, Maldives, Korea South, UAE, USA, Canada, Malaysia Singapore |
| Total Exports | 164.62 | 170.59 | 192.17 | 175.26 | |
Sri Lanka’s seafood product sector has emerged as a quality exporter of a wide variety of fish, with the most popular of them being tuna. Sri Lanka’s rich and relished seafood of different varieties are available through an extensive network of exporters.