Indian aquaculture shrimp exports enjoy healthy growth

Indian aquaculture shrimp exports appear to be firmly back on track after several years of slow or stagnant growth, shrimp exports from India have notched up good growth during the first seven months of the current financial year,ending in March 2011.

 Back as the most significant consumer and showing a marked export trend reversal is the USA,helping market growth despite exports to some markets such as the European Union showing a small decline.

 Compared to the same period of the last financial year shrimp exports were higher by 8% in volume, 27% in rupee terms and 34% in dollar terms.

IQF shrimps are very important to Indian seafood exports and now constitute almost half of all seafood exports. Read more...