Shrimp

No blanket ban on Indian shrimp in US, curbs only on wild-caught shrimp

The US has not imposed a blanket ban on shrimp imports from India, including Kerala, and the restrictions are targeted only at wild-caught shrimp, the government said on Tuesday. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said, "USA has not implemented a blanket ban on Indian shrimp imports including Kerala. The restrictions are specifically targeted at wild-caught shrimp, primarily due to concerns regarding sea turtle conservation." While exports of wild-caught shrimp to the US are currently limited, shipment of wild-caught shrimp to other countries remain unaffected, he added. The minister informed that the Department of Commerce, through Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has been proactively taking up the matter with USA through the embassy of India in Washington DC. The department through MPEDA in consultation with both the US Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ..

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China suspends imports of Ecuador shrimp on Covid-19 pandemic risk

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Shrimp farmers shy away from replenishing stocks on pricing blues

Stocking of shrimps in states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha is down by about 40 per cent compared to the February-March period last year

US policymakers seek curb on 'heavily subsidised' shrimp imports from India

It may be noted that US is the largest market for Indian shrimp exporters accounting for more than 30 per cent of exports. Seafood exports from India is valued at USD seven billion

India's shrimp farmers pare stocks by 30% on price uncertainty

Trade sources said that shrimp prices have fallen below the production cost in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Odisha, West Bengal and Gujarat

Production surge of Indian shrimp might result in a price fall

Apart from India, the major producers of farmed shrimp were China, Ecuador, Vietnam and Indonesia

US hikes anti-dumping duty three-fold on Indian shrimps, exporters in tizzy

The move come at a time when senators are blaming Indian exporters for shipping heavily subsidized shrimps

Thailand suspends import of Indian shrimps

Export of shrimps to Thailand is not taking place for last three months, said the sources. It has also suspended import of shrimps from Malaysia.

US govt notifies cut in anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimps

Duty on frozen warm water shrimp fixed at 0.84%, applies to 231 exporters

US cuts anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimps

The duty finalised is lower than the previous review rates

UK importers warn of EU shrimp import ban

Federation asks minister to resolve issue & overhaul export safety rules

Frozen shrimps help seafood exports reach all time high in 2016-17

Burgeoning export of home grown shrimps have boosted seafood exports to its highest ever extent in 2016-17.Official figures released by the Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) on Wednesday showed seafood exports reaching a record high of 11,34,948 Million Tonnes as well as earning a record $ 5.78 billion mainly due to rapid growth in frozen shrimp and fish shipments.Frozen shrimp of the Vannamei variety maintained its position as the top exported item, accounting for more than 64 per cent of the total earnings. Shrimp exports increased by more than 20 per cent in spite of growing opposition US based shrimp farmers who have argued Indian exporters are dumping produce in the US market.The American Shrimp Processors Association has named India, along with Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, China, and Malaysia, as seven of the 13 countries with which the US ran a significant overall shrimp trade deficit in 2016. The US trade deficit in shrimp was nearly $4.5 billion ..

Shrimp exporters to move US trade body for full waiver of anti-dumping duty

The India seafood exporters will move the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), a quasi-judicial federal agency with broad investigative responsibilities on matters of trade, for complete waiver of anti- dumping duty after five years.Recently, the commission had voted against revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of frozen warm water shrimps from India jolting the 4.7 billion dollar seafood industry here.It also voted to extend the anti-dumping orders on shrimp imports for five more years on shrimp from China, India, Thailand and Vietnam."US will review the duty every year and finalise a rate. We will again move to USITC after five years for the sunset review", said Tara Patnaik, chairman, Falcon Marine Exports Ltd, country's largest exporter.USA is the largest importer of Indian seafood with a share of 28.46 per cent in terms of USD. The total exports to USA stood at $1334.05 million in 2015-16.The recent order of USITC of continuation of duty was ..

New Trump order might hit India's shrimp export

US govt is set to enforce countervailing duties strictly on countries held to be dumping goods.

Indian shrimp output set to grow by 4.9% till 2018

The projected growth rate is second highest among the major shrimp-producing regions

US cuts duty barrier on shrimp import

Reduction in duty by the US govt on import of frozen shrimps from India is likely to boost exports