Seafood exports likely to increase by 20% in 2016-17

11 Aug 2016 Evaluate

India’s seafood export is likely to increase by 20% in 2016-17 on account of renewed global demand and addition of more areas for aquaculture. The renewed global demand for disease-free, healthy shrimps from India, over South-east Asia, has made Indian shrimp exporters revise their projection upwards.

The states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have opened up opportunities for aquaculture farmers to bring more areas under shrimp production. Odisha has added 25% to the existing number of ponds while Andhra Pradesh has added about 25,000 hectares into aquaculture production. Similarly, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala have added to their number of ponds.

The slowdown in global economies and better supply from competing countries such as Thailand and Vietnam had witnessed the country’s exports declining in 2015-16.  In dollar terms, the percentage of plunge in exports was about 15% in 2015-16 compared to $5,511.12 million exports registered in 2014-15.




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