MIFCO announced it would raise its buying rate for skipjack tuna to MVR 25 per kilogramme from 17 September, a 47 percent increase from the previous rate of MVR 17. The company said the move aims to revitalise the fisheries industry amid a shrinking fishing fleet, following successful government efforts to reduce European and UK import duties on Maldivian fish.
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Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has said it will increase the per kilogramme buying rate of skipjack tuna to MVR 25 from 17 September onwards.
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MIFCO had most recently been buying tuna at MVR 17 per kilogramme.
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