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Unlike VAT, the GST council has fixed 5 per cent as tax for all the dried fish, salted fish, and smoked fish irrespective of whether they are perishable or not. "Despite the representation submitted to finance minister Arun Jaitely and state fisheries minister D Jayakumar, nothing fructified," he added.Speaking to TOI, Sivaranjani, a dry fish vendor from Nagapattinam, told that they have to pay extra money while purchasing dry fish from the merchants. Trichy: Merchants and vendors involved in dried fish trade across the country have suspended selling the value added product ever since the Union government launched GST on July 1. "Earlier, VAT was only imposed on branded and pocketed dry fish. "Since Independence, no government has imposed such kind of tax on salt and dry fishes which are perishable..