Lampung reaps US$108 from shrimp exports

Lampung reaps US$108 from shrimp exports

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Lampung province has earned foreign
exchange revenues amounting to US$108.8 million in the first
semester this year from the export of frozen shrimp, a senior
official said on Friday.

The amount of money was from shrimp exports of 19,471 tons,
said Suryono, the head of Trade and Industry Office at Lampung
provincial administration.

The total was down slightly compared to the same period last
year, which totaled 20,221 tons with foreign exchange value
amounting to US$103.79 million.

With US$108.8 million in foreign exchange, the frozen shrimp
business contributed 15.97 percent of total foreign exchange
reaped by the province in the first semester this year, said
Suryono. -- Antara