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Steps will be taken to fully meet local demand for canned fish: State Minister

10 Jun 2021

Steps are being taken to meet the local demand for canned fish in Sri Lanka, the State Minister of Fisheries Kanchana Wijesekara said yesterday (09). These statements were communicated via a statement released by the Ministry of Fisheries today (10). During a meeting held at the Ministry of Fisheries yesterday (09) with local canned fish manufacturers, Wijesekara mentioned that two new canned fish manufacturing facilities are in the pipeline, allowing for the canned fish requirement in Sri Lanka to be met through local manufactures. He added that Sri Lanka's canned fish requirement is about 250,000 cans per day. However, only 60,000 cans per day were produced locally a few months ago. Due to the encouragement and provision of facilities by the relevant manufacturers over the past few months, the capacity to produce 220,000 cans locally has been increased and two more factories will be able to produce 350,000 cans per day in the next six months, the Minister said. Meanwhile, he also stated that the government is ready to provide canned fish at a concessionary price after discussions with the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE). However, he stated that local Production is still not enough to be self-sufficient. "There are three reasons for this shortage. One is the arsenic factor in imported cans, which spoils the contents. Due to this, 90% of containers have been sent back in the last four months. One other reason is the panic buying due to the lockdown for COVID-19. People were afraid that they would not be able to obtain seafood. Meanwhile, increased buying by organizations distributing food packs has also increased local demand," he said.

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