Denpasar (BisnisBali) – In first quarter 2007, Balinese canned fish exports increased 266.5 percent, after the commodity disappeared from Bali's export commodity list some time ago.

From January to March 2007, Bali was exported 1,864 tons of canned fish worth US$2.6 million or more than 328 tons with value at US$724,696 in the same period 2006, the Trade and Industrial Office (Disperindang) Bali said in a report recently.

The canned fish export was encouraging, because the commodity disappeared from Balinese export commodity list some time ago.

In Bali the canned fish industry is located in Jembrana district, some 80 km west of Denpasar, Bali's provincial capital. There still production,

The disappearance of Bali's canned fish from the export list some time in the past did not mean that Bali had stopped producing canned fish.

Its canned fish exports were shipped from Surabaya, East Java, so that the export records were made in East Java.

Bali's canned fish is exported to the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. The trade and industry office of Bali hoped that export of the commodity would continue to increase.

Besides canned fish, Bali also has exporting canned meat produced in Denpasar mainly to Singapore.

However, the canned meat was shipment from Batam so that the export cannot registered in Denpasar. *dwi/ant